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About Canby
Canby is a city in Clackamas County on Oregon Route 99E, with the Willamette River to the north and the Molalla River along its southern and western edge. The city's history page says it was platted on August 9, 1870 and incorporated on February 15, 1893, the second-oldest city in Clackamas County. Wikipedia reports that the town is named for Civil War general Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and was called Baker Prairie when it was founded in 1857.
Canby in numbers
| Measure | Canby |
|---|---|
| Population, 2020 Census | 18,171 |
| Population, ACS 2020-2024 | 18,134 (plus or minus 47) |
| Population, Portland State University certified estimate, July 1, 2025 | 19,326 (+6.4% since 2020) |
| Households | 7,012 (plus or minus 282) |
| Owner-occupied share of households | 70.3% (4,927 owner households) |
| Median household income | $100,989 (plus or minus $6,011) |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $528,500 (plus or minus $18,297) |
| Median age | 43.0 (plus or minus 1.9) |
| Owner-occupied homes valued at $300,000 or more | 4,323 of 4,927 (87.7%; count plus or minus about 402) |
| Business establishments, ZIP 97013 | 669 |
| Paid employees at those establishments | about 8,900 (Census adds a small amount of noise to this figure) |
A plain reading
Canby has the highest median household income of the three Portland Metro editions in this batch, at about $101,000, with a margin of error near $6,000. It is also the oldest, with a median age of 43.0, and has the highest share of owners, at 70.3 percent of households. Almost nine in ten owner-occupied homes are valued at $300,000 or more.
The Portland State University estimate is 6.4 percent above the 2020 Census count, the fastest growth of the three.
How we got these numbers
- Households, tenure, income, home value, age and home-value brackets come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, tables B01003, B11001, B25003, B19013, B25077, B01002 and B25075, read through Census Reporter. Dollars are 2024 inflation-adjusted ACS dollars.
- ACS figures are estimates from a sample and carry a margin of error. The margins we found are listed in the table notes below, and the plain reading treats close comparisons with care.
- The 2020 population is the Census count, read from Census TIGERweb. The 2025 figure is the certified estimate from Portland State University's Population Research Center, as listed by the League of Oregon Cities. The owner-homes count adds the seven ACS brackets from $300,000 up.
- Business counts are from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 for ZIP code 97013. They are by ZIP code, not by city limit, so they can include businesses outside Canby, and they leave out businesses with no paid employees. Census adds a small amount of noise to the employee count, so treat it as approximate.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year data (2020-2024)
- Census Reporter
- Census TIGERweb
- Census ZIP Code Business Patterns
- Portland State University Population Research Center
- League of Oregon Cities, certified population estimates
- Canby, Oregon (Wikipedia), for naming and geography
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