Oak Grove vs West Linn

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

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

West Linn has the higher population (27,065 vs 17,408 in Oak Grove). West Linn has the higher median household income ($138,526 vs $81,611 in Oak Grove). West Linn has the higher median home value ($733,300 vs $485,200 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	West Linn
Population	17,408	27,065
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,611	$138,526
Median home value	$485,200	$733,300
Median gross rent	$1,694	$2,006
Housing units	7,614	10,482
Homeownership rate	64.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	West Linn
Population	17,872 → 17,408 (-2.6%)	26,656 → 27,065 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$66,655 → $81,611 (+22.4%)	$111,042 → $138,526 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$324,000 → $485,200 (+49.8%)	$493,900 → $733,300 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,694 (+26.2%)	$1,588 → $2,006 (+26.3%)

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

West Linn

Population

26,65627,065

Median household income

$111,042$138,526

Median home value

$493,900$733,300

Median gross rent

$1,588$2,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	West Linn
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	11.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	West Linn
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	West Linn
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	21.7%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	West Linn
Drove alone	62.8%	58.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	4.9%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	24.2%	31.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	West Linn
1-unit, detached	62.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	9.7%
20 or more units	13.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	West Linn
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1970	1988