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.