Cornelius vs West Haven-Sylvan

A side-by-side comparison of Cornelius and West Haven-Sylvan: population, income, housing, and more.

Cornelius and West Haven-Sylvan are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cornelius has the higher population (13,700 vs 8,265 in West Haven-Sylvan). West Haven-Sylvan has the higher median household income ($120,709 vs $90,071 in Cornelius). West Haven-Sylvan has the higher median home value ($743,900 vs $419,000 in Cornelius).

Population, income & housing

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
Population	13,700	8,265
Median age	35.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,071	$120,709
Median home value	$419,000	$743,900
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,830
Housing units	4,673	4,293
Homeownership rate	72.1%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	70.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
Population	12,638 → 13,700 (+8.4%)	8,888 → 8,265 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$67,207 → $90,071 (+34.0%)	$100,095 → $120,709 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $419,000 (+59.3%)	$527,000 → $743,900 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,475 (+33.8%)	$1,571 → $1,830 (+16.5%)

Cornelius

Population

12,63813,700

Median household income

$67,207$90,071

Median home value

$263,000$419,000

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,475

West Haven-Sylvan

Population

8,8888,265

Median household income

$100,095$120,709

Median home value

$527,000$743,900

Median gross rent

$1,571$1,830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	21.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	2.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
No high school diploma	23.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
Drove alone	70.1%	62.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.8%
Public transit	5.7%	4.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
1-unit, detached	69.3%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	15.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornelius	West Haven-Sylvan
Poverty rate	9.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.97	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1990	1987