West Linn, Oregon

West Linn population, 2020 to 2024

West Linn lost 776 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -62. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so West Linn is 1.8 times that size.

West Linn covers 7.43 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 3,580 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so West Linn is denser than the typical town.

What county West Linn is in

All of West Linn's residents live in Clackamas County, which had 425,857 residents in 2024. West Linn holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Linn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Linn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97068. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where West Linn is

The Census internal point of West Linn is at 45.366600, -122.638900. Salem, the capital, is 35.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oregon City, OR (38,327 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Portland, OR, 11.8 miles away.

Daylight in West Linn

At 45.37° N, West Linn gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Linn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Gladstone, 2.6 miles away, with 11,898 people.