West Linn is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 22,290 people and four constituent neighborhoods, West Linn is the 21st largest community in Oregon.

West Linn is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.94% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West Linn is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Linn who work in management occupations (18.56%), sales jobs (15.55%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.24%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.93% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, West Linn is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, West Linn is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, West Linn really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is West Linn perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

West Linn is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

West Linn Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, West Linn is a pretty powerful place. 49.16% of the adults in West Linn have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in West Linn in 2000 was $34,671, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,684 for a family of four. However, West Linn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call West Linn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West Linn is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in West Linn include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, Swedish, French, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in West Linn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.