Each year, Oregon collects more than $250 million in income taxes paid by people from Clark County who commute to jobs across the Columbia River.
Clark County residents, in fact, pay more income taxes to Oregon than the residents of 31 of Oregon’s own 36 counties. Since the pandemic, though, the number of Oregon taxpayers who live in Clark County is down by about 8%.
There were about 79,000 people from Clark County who paid Oregon income taxes in 2019. That number was 72,000 in 2023, the most recent year for which Oregon has data…