West Linn, Oregon

Beautiful day in West Linn, OR

Photo taken 01.05.2015

West Linn has a history of early development prompted by the opportunity to harvest energy from nearby Willamette Falls. 

The information below includes data 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