Milwaukie is home to 21,392 people in Oregon. Density works out to 4,292 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 6%. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $505,100. 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Poverty is uncommon here, at 7.9% of locals.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $86,892, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
41% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 80%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Milwaukie
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$157,205 → $505,100(+221%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree17.6% → 41.5%(+23.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Milwaukie's population equals 5.0% of Clackamas County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 3.6% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.7%(358)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.7%(116)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.2%(637)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.2%(63)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(27)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,511 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Milwaukie, decade by decade
Milwaukie population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
18,692
$71,265
$157,205
17.6%
11.9
2000
20,490
$79,488
$280,171
18.3%
25.2
2010
20,291
$76,542
$355,902
22.3%
33.5
2020
21,119
$84,888
$432,819
37.9%
45.9
2024
21,392
$86,892
$505,100
41.5%
45.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
