What is the population of Milwaukie city?

Milwaukie city has 21,256 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Milwaukie city?

Median household income in Milwaukie city is $82,422 a year, 4.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Milwaukie city?

Median gross rent is $1,499 a month and the median home value is $477,200, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.

Is Milwaukie city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Milwaukie city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Milwaukie, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Milwaukie, Oregon (Milwaukie, OR — Census place “Milwaukie city”) is 21,256 residents, ranking #32 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $82,422, the median home is worth $477,200 and median gross rent runs $1,499 a month. Looking for the Milwaukie Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Milwaukie, OR: 97222.

Population: 21,256Milwaukie city residents
Median household income: $82,422Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $477,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,499Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.1%Owner-occupied households

Milwaukie ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Milwaukie.

The Milwaukie OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97222

What the numbers mean in Milwaukie city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Milwaukie city median would spend about 21.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.5% of residents and 60.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Milwaukie city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Milwaukie city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 21,256 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 39.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Milwaukie city earn a median of $82,422 a year, 4.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 11% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Milwaukie city is valued at $477,200, 57.3% above the national figure and 26% above the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,499 a month, 6.6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Milwaukie city?: Milwaukie city has 21,256 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Milwaukie city?: Median household income in Milwaukie city is $82,422 a year, 4.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Milwaukie city?: Median gross rent is $1,499 a month and the median home value is $477,200, so rent absorbs about 21.8% of median household income.
Is Milwaukie city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Milwaukie city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Milwaukie city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.