Milwaukie vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Milwaukie and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Milwaukie and Oak Grove are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milwaukie has the higher population (21,256 vs 17,408 in Oak Grove). Milwaukie has the higher median household income ($82,422 vs $81,611 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($485,200 vs $477,200 in Milwaukie).

Population, income & housing

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
Population	21,256	17,408
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,422	$81,611
Median home value	$477,200	$485,200
Median gross rent	$1,499	$1,694
Housing units	9,876	7,614
Homeownership rate	60.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
Population	21,009 → 21,256 (+1.2%)	17,872 → 17,408 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$61,902 → $82,422 (+33.1%)	$66,655 → $81,611 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$323,500 → $477,200 (+47.5%)	$324,000 → $485,200 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)	$1,342 → $1,694 (+26.2%)

Milwaukie

Population

21,00921,256

Median household income

$61,902$82,422

Median home value

$323,500$477,200

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,499

Oak Grove

Population

17,87217,408

Median household income

$66,655$81,611

Median home value

$324,000$485,200

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	7.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	2.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	20.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
Drove alone	63.2%	62.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.5%
Public transit	3.4%	4.9%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	24.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	67.7%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Milwaukie	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1967	1970