Facts & Figures

This fact sheet includes information about West Linn's demographics, major employers, median property value, number of housing units, and more.

• Date of Incorporation: August 8, 1913

• Form of Government: Council/Manager

• Population: 24,400

• Number of registered voters: 13,886

• Percent male: 48.1%

• Percent female: 51.9%

• Average household size: 2.72

• Median age: 38.1

• Motto: “City of Hills, Trees, and Rivers”

• Area in Square Miles: 8.06

• Median family income: $83,252

• Workforce in professional sector: 49.7%

• Major Employers:
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
West Linn Paper Company

• Highest Tax Due Accounts in Clackamas Co.:
Fred Meyer
General Growth Properties Inc.
PCC Structurals
Shorenstein Properties LLC
Xerox Corporation
Safeway Stores
Mentor Graphics
Warn Industries
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
United Western Grocers

• Total Housing Units**: 9,968

• Occupied Housing Units**: 9,350

• Percent owner occupied: 79 percent

• Percent renter occupied: 21 percent

• Median property value***: $405,000


*Demographic data from the West Linn Chamber of Commerce.
**Housing unit data estimated by the West Linn Planning Dept.
***Median property value estimated from RMLS.