Master-planned developments accommodate fast population growth
The city of Wilsonville straddles the border between the Portland metro area and the fertile Willamette Valley as one of the city's southernmost suburbs. With pastoral surroundings and easy interstate access to the city, Wilsonville is one of the fastest-growing cities in Oregon, having reached a population of over 26,000 in 2023.
To accommodate its growth, the city executed a series of master-planned developments with access to a highly rated school system. “There are all the features you want in a bedroom community—great schools, dining, shopping," Jennie Hill, a Realtor with the Jennie Hill Property Group team of Keller Williams Realty Portland Premiere. "But we're also far enough out of the city that we're close to farmland and wine country.”
The Wilsonville neighborhood is located in Oregon.
A sunny day helps show off the Wilsonville neighborhood.
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Neighborhoods include community amenities and green spaces
Wilsonville consists of several master-planned communities, each complete with green spaces and plazas. A variety of housing options—including single-family homes, condos, townhouses and apartments—surround a golf course in the Charbonneau development. “Charbonneau is unique in that it’s resort-style living,” Hill says. “There are 22 neighborhood pools. There's a plaza in the middle of the neighborhood with a bakery, which is really cute, a new yoga studio and a country club.”
The Villebois development was designed with European-style urban villages in mind, with green spaces named after famous outdoor attractions in Europe sprinkled throughout. It consists mostly of new traditional homes with Craftsman and Tudor influences from the 2010s. The median home sales price in Wilsonville is $645,000, which is significantly above Portland’s median of roughly $525,000 and the national median of $406,100.
Townhome communities in Wilsonville add texture and uniformity to the area.
Large single-family homes are offered at Wilsonville, OR.
2-story homes with large front yards are commonly found in Willsonville.
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Third-best school district in Oregon state
The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is ranked third in the state by Niche, which also rates it with an overall A grade. The district includes nine elementary schools, four middle schools and three high schools, which serve more than 9,000 students together. Local teenagers may attend B-plus-rated Wilsonville High School or Riverside High School, a choice school open to all district students. Riverside High’s career and technical education programs include Business and Marketing, Construction and Architecture as well as Health Studies. Having opened in 2023, it has yet to be scored by Niche. Across its three high schools, the district has a 91% graduation rate—about 10 percentage points higher than the state average.
Meridian Creek Middle school is home of the Mustangs to Wilsonville's Middle Schoolers.
Meridian Creek Middle School can be found in the heart of Wilsonville.
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Shopping centers easily accessed via Interstate 5
Shopping and dining in Wilsonville happen at several commercial clusters anchored by national grocers and surrounded by fast-casual eateries and local restaurants that stem off the interstate. Safeway and Rite Aid anchor the city’s “Town Center,” which includes Town Center Park and its Oregon Korean Memorial and Interpretive Center.
Across the interstate, Old Town Square includes a Fred Meyer, a handful of local and chain restaurants and the McMenamins Wilsonville Old Church & Pub, located in a renovated church from 1911. Further north, Argyle Square meets grocery needs with a Target and Costco Wholesale amidst a handful of self-care businesses.
There are a wide variety of retail and medical services in the Wilsonville neighborhood.
The locals enjoy Old Town Square, a Wilsonville neighborhood favorite.
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Community events in riverfront Memorial Park
Wilsonville is peppered with about 15 parks that span more than 200 acres when combined. The largest of these green spaces—Memorial Park—is also the oldest. Memorial Park has boat ramp access to the Willamette River, as well as pickleball courts, a skatepark, a splash pad and a disc golf course. It also functions as one of the city’s main gathering spaces during the warmer months; families enjoy outdoor screenings on summer Friday evenings as part of the Movies in the Park series, as well as holiday events, like the Wilsonville Community Egg Hunt.
Three miles of trail are carved into the 250-acre Graham Oaks Nature Park, a restored oak woodland with a wetland overlook for birdwatching just south of the Villebois development. Hikers can explore the Ice Age Tonquin Trail, which will eventually connect the city to Tualatin and Sherwood. Bullwinkle’s Entertainment provides an escape during cold, wet Pacific Northwest winters with bowling lanes and an arcade, as well as bumper boats, a Go-Kart track and a mini-golf course.
Trails throughout Memorial Park provide a space for exercise and solace in Wilsonville.
Children and adults enjoy the skate park featured in Memorial Park.
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Proximity to Portland and Interstate 5 promotes business
Wilsonville’s location facilitates a healthy and diverse job market. As part of the Portland metro area and its “Silicon Forest,” the city is home to several high-tech companies that serve the clean energy, bioscience and information technology fields. Its location along Interstate 5 has also encouraged a number of companies that distribute food, beverages and other products to set up shop in the city.
Straight shot from Wilsonville to downtown Portland
Commuters can follow Interstate 5 directly north to downtown Portland, a 17-mile drive that usually takes a little over 20 minutes. TriMet’s Westside Express Service (WES) Commuter Rail connects Wilsonville to Tualatin, Tigard, Beaverton and other TriMet transit options. The city also has its own transit system—Smart Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART)—which provides free rides within city limits and longer-distance routes to Salem, Tualatin and Canby.
The Wilsonville Transit Center provides buses and a rail connection for residents.
Roundabouts break up the traffic in residential sections of Wilsonville.
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Moderate temperatures and rainy Wilsonville winters
Wilsonville does not have an independent police force. Instead, it contracts with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department. The county reported a 46% decrease in property crime in Wilsonville between 2022 and 2024. The city also saw almost a 47% increase in violent crime during the same time period, though reports increased from 132 to 194. Wilsonville enjoys a moderate climate with a long rainy period from November through March.
Native to Oregon, Lois has worked as a real estate agent in the industry for over 30 years. She is licensed in both Oregon and Washington. She has worked with buyers and sellers of homes in the Portland Metro and SW Washington area. She has assisted buyers and sellers with find and sell homes, rentals, land, condos, multifamily properties, and businesses.
In addition to being a real estate agent, Lois has worked in the real estate managing a variety of properties including multifamily and commercial. This was a great way for her to learn the ins and outs of real estate development, construction and expenses related to owing property. She has worked with buildings that were built as early as 1890 to new construction.
Lois has worked as an Asset Manager overseeing the daily operations of a variety of properties. This added to her tool belt the ability to draft long- and short-term budgets, capital need assessments and navigate complex loan documents to ensure all loan requirements were met.
Lois has worked as an underwriter agent for the City of Portland Housing Bureau. As an underwriter, she reviewed, analyzed, and underwrote affordable multifamily housing projects with several layers of funding and funding requirements.
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