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Clackamas, OR
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Clackamas profile


Living in Clackamas



Clackamas is a medium-sized town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 22,455 people and five associated neighborhoods, Clackamas is the 27th largest community in Oregon.

Clackamas home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, but Clackamas real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Clackamas is also a town of artists. Clackamas has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Clackamas’s character.

Also of interest is that Clackamas has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Clackamas telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.21% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 terms of college education, Clackamas is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.07% of adults in Clackamas have a college degree.

The per capita income in Clackamas in 2022 was $42,138, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,552 for a family of four. However, Clackamas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clackamas is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clackamas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clackamas residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Clackamas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.08% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clackamas include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Clackamas's cultural character, accounting for 15.19% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Clackamas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.