What is the population of Oregon City city?

Oregon City city has 37,482 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Oregon City city?

Median household income in Oregon City city is $94,648 a year, 20.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,606 a month and the median home value is $531,400, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.

Is Oregon City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oregon City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Oregon City, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oregon City, Oregon (Oregon City, OR — Census place “Oregon City city”) is 37,482 residents, ranking #17 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $94,648, the median home is worth $531,400 and median gross rent runs $1,606 a month. Looking for the Oregon City Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oregon City, OR: 97045.

Population: 37,482Oregon City city residents
Median household income: $94,648Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $531,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,606Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.8%Owner-occupied households

Oregon City ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oregon City.

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

97045

What the numbers mean in Oregon City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Oregon City city median would spend about 20.4% 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 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7% of residents and 65.8% of households own their home.

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

Oregon City city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oregon City city is a small city in Oregon, with 37,482 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #17 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Oregon City city earn a median of $94,648 a year, 20.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 28% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oregon City city is valued at $531,400, 75.1% above the national figure and 41% above the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,606 a month, 14.2% above the national figure, or roughly $19,272 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.4% 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 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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 Oregon City city?: Oregon City city has 37,482 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Oregon City city?: Median household income in Oregon City city is $94,648 a year, 20.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oregon City city?: Median gross rent is $1,606 a month and the median home value is $531,400, so rent absorbs about 20.4% of median household income.
Is Oregon City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oregon City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Oregon City 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.