Canby is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 18,027 people and six associated neighborhoods, Canby is the 35th largest community in Oregon.
Also of interest is that Canby has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Canby 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: 30.54% of adults in Canby have a college degree.
The per capita income in Canby in 2022 was $47,135, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,540 for a family of four. However, Canby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Canby is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Canby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canby residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Canby also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Canby include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Canby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.