![]() Annual Community ResearchĭOCA conducts annual community market research focusing on behavior of consumers in the Downtown District. Young families and homeowners in established neighborhoods. The most affluent of our demographic types with a median household income of $104,000. Primarily single or couples without children, they are technology oriented and are just beginning their careers or are retiring. More educated, urban, and employed in white-collar jobs. (Collected in 2016 from ESRI.)įriends and family are important to this demographic group. Within a 5-minute drive of downtown the following are the top household types. Close in, Oregon City’s middle ground demographic in its historic neighborhoods is quickly being joined by young families and professionals from the greater Portland area. The small city of Reedsport along the lower Umpqua River is home to the Oregon Dunes Visitor Center, the place to check on any areas closed for nesting Western snowy plovers, a threatened species along the Coast, and to learn how the ever-changing winds shape the sand into wave-like transverse dunes. Nearby affluent West Linn and Happy Valley are joined by southeast Portland neighborhoods. Sandland dune buggy tour in Florence courtesy of Eugene Cascades & Coast. Within a 20-minute drive of downtown Oregon City is a diverse cross section of rural, suburban, and urban communities. Now, as this special place reinvents itself, you have the opportunity to write the new chapter of Oregon’s Hometown™. It is fast transforming into a vibrant business district on the cusp of something great. It is the birthplace of industry in the American west and was once known for its lumber, paper, flour, and woolen mills. It has a proud industrial heritage and is home to generations of hardworking, independent Oregonians.Ĭarved out by the ice age and Missoula floods over 15,000 years ago, downtown Oregon City is nestled between a 100-foot bluff and the Willamette River and seated at the base of mighty Willamette Falls. Established in 1829 by John McLoughlin and incorporated in 1844, Oregon City is the first incorporated city in the western United States and is the official end of the Oregon Trail. Just 13 miles south of Portland, it is a quaint small town with big city amenities. ![]() ![]() Opening a business in downtown Oregon City is not just joining a vibrant marketplace but a long-standing community. The towns 12 neighborhoods have a dense suburban feel and the best areas to rent in include Gaffney Lake, Park Place, Clackamas Heights, Rivercrest and Barclay. Downtown Oregon City is the civic and cultural heart of historic Oregon City.
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