Milwaukie vs Wilsonville

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

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

Wilsonville has the higher population (26,183 vs 21,256 in Milwaukie). Wilsonville has the higher median household income ($87,371 vs $82,422 in Milwaukie). Wilsonville has the higher median home value ($584,700 vs $477,200 in Milwaukie).

Population, income & housing

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
Population	21,256	26,183
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,422	$87,371
Median home value	$477,200	$584,700
Median gross rent	$1,499	$1,839
Housing units	9,876	10,772
Homeownership rate	60.1%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
Population	21,009 → 21,256 (+1.2%)	24,073 → 26,183 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$61,902 → $82,422 (+33.1%)	$72,312 → $87,371 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$323,500 → $477,200 (+47.5%)	$425,900 → $584,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)	$1,360 → $1,839 (+35.2%)

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

Wilsonville

Population

24,07326,183

Median household income

$72,312$87,371

Median home value

$425,900$584,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
Under 5	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	18.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	2.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
Drove alone	63.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.2%
Public transit	3.4%	1.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	67.7%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	21.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Milwaukie	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1967	1998