West Linn vs Wilsonville

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

West Linn and Wilsonville 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 26,183 in Wilsonville). West Linn has the higher median household income ($138,526 vs $87,371 in Wilsonville). West Linn has the higher median home value ($733,300 vs $584,700 in Wilsonville).

Population, income & housing

	West Linn	Wilsonville
Population	27,065	26,183
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,526	$87,371
Median home value	$733,300	$584,700
Median gross rent	$2,006	$1,839
Housing units	10,482	10,772
Homeownership rate	83.8%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Linn	Wilsonville
Population	26,656 → 27,065 (+1.5%)	24,073 → 26,183 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$111,042 → $138,526 (+24.8%)	$72,312 → $87,371 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$493,900 → $733,300 (+48.5%)	$425,900 → $584,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $2,006 (+26.3%)	$1,360 → $1,839 (+35.2%)

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

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)

	West Linn	Wilsonville
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.2%
75 and over	8.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Linn	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Linn	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	9.5%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Linn	Wilsonville
Drove alone	58.4%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.2%
Public transit	1.3%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	31.9%	12.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Linn	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	21.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	West Linn	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1988	1998