Moving to Corvallis, Oregon

About Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis

Corvallis ( kor-VAL-iss) is a city in and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2023 Census Population Estimates, the population was 61,087, making it the 9th most populous city in Oregon. This does include the 38,000 Oregon State University students attending classes in Corvallis, over 5,250 of which live in one of 16 residence halls on the main campus. Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University 420-acre main campus, Samaritan Health Services, a top 10 largest non-profit employer in the state, a 84-acre Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center campus, and a 2.2 million square foot, 197-acre Hewlett Packard research and development campus that invented the Laser jet printer and the Computer mouse. Corvallis is a part of the Silicon Forest Corvallis is the westernmost city in the contiguous 48 states with a population larger than 50,000.

Corvallis is the largest principal city of the Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Corvallis metropolitan area (Benton County) and the Albany-Lebanon micropolitan area (Linn County), which had a combined population of 229,209 at the 2023 U.S. Census Estimates.

Gender
Gender Corvallis Oregon Country
Female 48.9% 50.4% 50.8%
Male 51.1% 49.6% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Corvallis Oregon Country
Less than $10,000 11.1% 5.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5.2% 3.8% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.8% 8.1% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.7% 8.7% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.9% 12.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.5% 18.1% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.8% 13.3% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 13.6% 16.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 6.3% 7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 6.1% 7.2% 8.3%
Education


Education Corvallis Oregon Country
< 9th Grade 0% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 10% 23% 27.0%
Other College 20% 25% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 9% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 30% 21% 20.0%
Master's Degree 16% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 3% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 10% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Corvallis Oregon Country
White 76% 74.9% 60.1%
African American 1.3% 1.8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.4% 0.9% 0.6%
Asian 10.1% 4.4% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.7% 4.1% 2.8%
Hispanic 8.1% 13.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity