Oregon City vs West Linn

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

Oregon City and West Linn 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 27,065 in West Linn). West Linn has the higher median household income ($138,526 vs $94,648 in Oregon City). West Linn has the higher median home value ($733,300 vs $531,400 in Oregon City).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon City	West Linn
Population	37,482	27,065
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,648	$138,526
Median home value	$531,400	$733,300
Median gross rent	$1,606	$2,006
Housing units	14,473	10,482
Homeownership rate	65.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon City	West Linn
Population	36,492 → 37,482 (+2.7%)	26,656 → 27,065 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$76,149 → $94,648 (+24.3%)	$111,042 → $138,526 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$359,200 → $531,400 (+47.9%)	$493,900 → $733,300 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,606 (+26.0%)	$1,588 → $2,006 (+26.3%)

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

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)

	Oregon City	West Linn
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon City	West Linn
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon City	West Linn
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon City	West Linn
Drove alone	72.0%	58.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.1%
Public transit	1.8%	1.3%
Walked	3.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.2%	31.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon City	West Linn
1-unit, detached	68.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	9.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Oregon City	West Linn
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1991	1988