Oregon City vs Wilsonville

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

Oregon City and Wilsonville 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 26,183 in Wilsonville). Oregon City has the higher median household income ($94,648 vs $87,371 in Wilsonville). Wilsonville has the higher median home value ($584,700 vs $531,400 in Oregon City).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
Population	37,482	26,183
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,648	$87,371
Median home value	$531,400	$584,700
Median gross rent	$1,606	$1,839
Housing units	14,473	10,772
Homeownership rate	65.8%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
Population	36,492 → 37,482 (+2.7%)	24,073 → 26,183 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$76,149 → $94,648 (+24.3%)	$72,312 → $87,371 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$359,200 → $531,400 (+47.9%)	$425,900 → $584,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,606 (+26.0%)	$1,360 → $1,839 (+35.2%)

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

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)

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.2%
75 and over	5.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	1.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.6%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
Drove alone	72.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.2%
Public transit	1.8%	1.4%
Walked	3.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	68.5%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	21.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Oregon City	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1991	1998