Silverton vs Woodburn

A side-by-side comparison of Silverton and Woodburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodburn has the higher population (26,845 vs 10,445 in Silverton). Silverton has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $67,469 in Woodburn). Silverton has the higher median home value ($461,800 vs $308,400 in Woodburn).

Population, income & housing

	Silverton	Woodburn
Population	10,445	26,845
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,286	$67,469
Median home value	$461,800	$308,400
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,373
Housing units	3,927	9,063
Homeownership rate	62.6%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silverton	Woodburn
Population	10,242 → 10,445 (+2.0%)	25,738 → 26,845 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$64,296 → $74,286 (+15.5%)	$50,093 → $67,469 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$296,400 → $461,800 (+55.8%)	$205,300 → $308,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,479 (+52.9%)	$1,029 → $1,373 (+33.4%)

Silverton

Population

10,24210,445

Median household income

$64,296$74,286

Median home value

$296,400$461,800

Median gross rent

$967$1,479

Woodburn

Population

25,73826,845

Median household income

$50,093$67,469

Median home value

$205,300$308,400

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silverton	Woodburn
Under 5	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.1%
75 and over	5.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silverton	Woodburn
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	32.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	62.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silverton	Woodburn
No high school diploma	6.7%	29.1%
High school graduate	26.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silverton	Woodburn
Drove alone	74.2%	69.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	19.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silverton	Woodburn
1-unit, detached	71.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Silverton	Woodburn
Poverty rate	13.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.65	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1980	1978