Lake Oswego

Lake Oswego is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 39,532 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Lake Oswego is the 13th largest community in Oregon.

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

Lake Oswego is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Oswego is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Oswego who work in management occupations (18.52%), sales jobs (13.55%), and healthcare (9.35%).

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

Also of interest is that Lake Oswego 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 Lake Oswego telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.56% 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.