NEW! Economic Statistics for the 97071 Zip Code: 1990 Compared to 1999

 

Quality of life. Coming to Woodburn is like coming home. It's been more than a century since Woodburn founder Jesse Settlemier plotted four blocks of a new town and offered free lots to anyone who would build a home.

 

We've grown up a lot - developing many of the amenities you'd expect to see in a bigger city. Among them: state-of-the-art schools, a quality library, a new swimming pool, upscale neighborhoods like Tukwila and Henry's Farm, golf courses, Senior Estates retirement community and the Woodburn Company Stores outlet mall.

 

But we've managed to hang on to a rustic charm that makes Woodburn special. Just walk down our tree-lined streets or visit our historic downtown and you'll see that Woodburn is a special place where you can buy a home, raise a family and make a good living among neighbors and friends.

 

What makes Woodburn special is our diversity. People of all ages and all cultures have come to know Woodburn as the City of Unity, a place where they can celebrate their differences and share their cultural heritage.

 

Our pride is evident in our schools, where our children can enroll in Russian language classes as early as kindergarten; in our downtown where Mexican import shops, bakeries and restaurants thrive; and in our community, which provides many special opportunities for senior citizens to share their time and talents in an active retirement lifestyle.

 

Agriculture. French Prairie is blessed with some of Oregon's richest soil and a moderate climate that make Woodburn ideal for growing a variety of crops. Among them: grass seed, hops, berries, tulip bulbs, nursery plants, Christmas trees, orchard crops and vegetables.

 

Manufacturing. Fleetwood Homes assemble manufactured homes that are shipped to locations throughout the Northwest. Their presence has attracted many other manufacturers who provide wood cabinets, plastic pipe and other fixtures and supplies for manufactured home construction.

 

Distribution. Many manufacturers and retailers have taken advantage of Woodburn's location along Interstate 5 by locating their warehouse distribution centers here. Winco Foods, with a warehouse distribution center serving grocery stores throughout the region located in Woodburn, is among our largest employers. Do It Best Corp., Vermont American and Food Services of America also operate distribution centers in Woodburn.

 

Shopping. Supermarkets, banks, restaurants and medical facilities attract consumers from surrounding communities. Woodburn is home to national retail giants like Wal-Mart Supercenter, Bi-Mart and Safeway, the Northwest's finest outlet shopping experience, grocery stores and shopping centers. Downtown Woodburn offers many authentic Mexican and Russian restaurants, bakeries and curio shops that have received national attention. And there are many fresh produce markets, garden shops and nurseries within minutes of town. And Woodburn is the place to shop for manufactured homes, with every major Northwest manufacturer and retailer represented.

 

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Economic Statistics for the 97071 Zip Code: 1990 Compared to 1999

 

The industries with the largest level of 1999 employment in the Woodburn area are:

• Lumber and Wood Products
• Food Stores
• Local Government
• Food and Kindred Products
• Agriculture Production Crops
• Eating and Drinking Places

Together these industries account for 4,833 jobs or 55% of total employment in the Woodburn area.

 

According to the 2000 census, Woodburn's population is 20,100 - a figure 2,260 persons higher than the 2000 PSU estimate of 17,480. In the 1990s, Woodburn grew at an average annual rate of 4.1% compared to 1.9% - 2.2% in other areas. Woodburn's share of Marion County's population has increased 5.5% in 1980 to 7.1% in 2000.

• Over half of the Lumber & Wood Products employment in the Woodburn area is in two firms, Fleetwood Homes and Silvercrest.
• Most of the employment in Food Stores is with Winco Foods, and most of these employees are probably engaged in warehousing and distribution rather than in operating a grocery store. Most of the remaining employment in this industry is in the three grocery/convenience stores with 50-100 employees.
• About 70% of Local Government employment is in education.
• Most of the employment in Food Processing is in firms that process frozen fruits and vegetables.
• Employment in Crop Production is in a large number of small farms growing hops, berries, vegetables, bulbs and nursery stock. The only employers in Crop Production with over 100 employees are Nursery Products industry.
• Eating and Drinking Place employment is spread among 35 employers with an average of 15 employees; none of these employers have over 50 employees.

Covered employment and payroll in the 97071 zip code area, 1990 compared to 1999

 

	1990	1999
Agriculture, Forestry • Agriculture production, crops, agricultural services	$13,466,735	$23,372,828
Construction • General building contractors, heavy construction, special trades sector	$4,894,530	$11,095,132
Manufacturing • Food and kindred products, lumber and wood products, printing and publishing, industrial machinery and equipment	$34,457,820	$55,636,160
Transportation/Utilities • Trucking and warehousing, communications	$4,071,066	$8,799,996
Wholesale Trade • Durable goods, nondurable goods	$2,229,820	$8,369,088
Retail Trade • Building materials, general merchandise	$15,782,983	$54,993,655
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate • Depository institutions, insurance agents, real estate	$3,226,183	$5,764,001
Services • Hotels and lodging places, personal services, business services, auto repair and services, misc. repair, amusment and recreation, health services, legal services, educational services, social services, membership organizations, engineering and management, private households	$7,460,169	$16,526,274
Government • Local	$9,803,993	$20,915,041

 

 

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