Corvallis

Population & Demographics

Corvallis, OR

Corvallis is home to 59,960 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,358 resident workers commute each day.

OregonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
59,960
people
Population

59,960 residents

Median age 27.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Corvallis population & demographics

Who lives in Corvallis — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
59,960
Median age
27.9yrs
Median household income
$65,012
Median home value
$502,900
Median gross rent
$1,391/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
61.4%
Poverty rate
24.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Corvallis

How Corvallis breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White72.5%
Hispanic or Latino10.2%
Asian9.0%
Two or more races6.0%
Black1.6%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Corvallis

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Corvallis.

Corvallis at a glance
Employed Residents
23,358
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
27.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
45.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Albany
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Corvallis proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Corvallis commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

86
Commute Score

86 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Corvallis

23,358 commutes, one dot at a time

Corvallis

Where 23,358 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Corvallis, by worker count.

1Corvallis0.0 mi10,590
2Albany9.9 mi1,582
3Salem27.8 mi1,200
4Portland73.0 mi1,120
5Eugene36.2 mi829
6Philomath4.7 mi420
7Springfield38.4 mi294
8Lebanon18.4 mi261

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Corvallis.

1Corvallis0.0 mi10,590
2Albany9.9 mi3,877
3Philomath4.7 mi972
4Lebanon18.4 mi781
5Salem27.8 mi758
6Portland73.0 mi718
7Eugene36.2 mi606
8Monmouth19.4 mi253

Top industries

The sectors that employ Corvallis’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services25.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.1%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.4%
MFManufacturing6.2%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.2%
PAPublic Administration3.7%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises3.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Corvallis

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps87%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Corvallis

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).