Milwaukie vs Oregon City

A side-by-side comparison of Milwaukie and Oregon City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oregon City has the higher population (37,482 vs 21,256 in Milwaukie). Oregon City has the higher median household income ($94,648 vs $82,422 in Milwaukie). Oregon City has the higher median home value ($531,400 vs $477,200 in Milwaukie).

Population, income & housing

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
Population	21,256	37,482
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,422	$94,648
Median home value	$477,200	$531,400
Median gross rent	$1,499	$1,606
Housing units	9,876	14,473
Homeownership rate	60.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
Population	21,009 → 21,256 (+1.2%)	36,492 → 37,482 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$61,902 → $82,422 (+33.1%)	$76,149 → $94,648 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$323,500 → $477,200 (+47.5%)	$359,200 → $531,400 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)	$1,275 → $1,606 (+26.0%)

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

Oregon City

Population

36,49237,482

Median household income

$76,149$94,648

Median home value

$359,200$531,400

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.9%
75 and over	7.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	20.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
Drove alone	63.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.2%
Public transit	3.4%	1.8%
Walked	2.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.3%	14.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
1-unit, detached	67.7%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Milwaukie	Oregon City
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1967	1991