West Linn, Oregon.
Typical home $762,150 (+1.7% in a year), asking rent $2,437 (+2.7%). Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,067 (+107%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,725 +2%
- $749,425$762,150 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $95,026 +14%
- $667,124$762,150 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- West Linn$4,000
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.
Typical home values in West Linn, OR rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in West Linn, OR rose 2.7% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Owning the typical home in West Linn runs $2,917/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $3,268 in Oct 2023.
That is $5,354 a month against $2,437 rent: a $4,000 mortgage payment, plus $538 property tax and $816 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — West Linn
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$5,354
- Renting$2,437
- Mortgage only$4,000
Property tax · $538/mo 0.85% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Clackamas County, OR
Insurance & upkeep · $816/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon
West Linn is a city of 27,373 people in Clackamas County. Half its households earn more than $146,507 a year and half less, against $103,517 across Clackamas County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in West Linn was 5.1% in August 2026, and Clackamas County had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. West Linn is a city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run well above the county's. Residents tend to be somewhat older than in many places, and a large majority of adults hold a four-year degree. Homes here are costly, and rents are high too, so the town suits people who already own or can afford to stay for the long term.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, or in banks, insurance and property. Among the larger workplaces in town are Market of Choice, Walmart and the Veterans Health Administration. A good number of people work from home, and the typical commute is a fairly short one.
Things to do. Willamette Falls, Clackamas River and Tualatin River are all in or beside town, which puts waterfalls and river walks close at hand. The Molalla River is a short drive away. For a day out, Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Zoo are a longer drive away. Winters are cool and damp, and summers are warm, with plenty of rain and melted snow across the year.
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- 9,844households
- 62%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 32%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clackamas County had 174,819 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 84° and lows near 58°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Oregon City weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in West Linn
- Market of ChoiceGrocery stores110
- WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores105
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs52
- West LinnMail and parcel delivery33
- CnrgHardware stores31
- Lamont Bros ShowroomAddition, alteration and renovation of single-family dwellings22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 301 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of West LinnRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Linn’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clackamas County and the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro.
West Linn home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Linn$762,150
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 West Linn listings, and the typical home goes pending in 28 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- West Linn34.18%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- West Linn28
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- West Linn215
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West Linn53
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- West Linn$831,282
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- West Linn99.04%
Zip codes with a West Linn address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Linn — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.