Astoria vs Cannon Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Astoria and Cannon Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Astoria and Cannon Beach are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Astoria has the higher population (10,162 vs 1,368 in Cannon Beach). Cannon Beach has the higher median household income ($70,815 vs $70,043 in Astoria). Cannon Beach has the higher median home value ($760,900 vs $422,400 in Astoria).

Population, income & housing

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
Population	10,162	1,368
Median age	39.9 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,043	$70,815
Median home value	$422,400	$760,900
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,114
Housing units	5,062	2,198
Homeownership rate	49.9%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
Population	9,836 → 10,162 (+3.3%)	1,491 → 1,368 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$48,813 → $70,043 (+43.5%)	$50,846 → $70,815 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$259,600 → $422,400 (+62.7%)	$587,800 → $760,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,135 (+25.0%)	$839 → $1,114 (+32.8%)

Astoria

Population

9,83610,162

Median household income

$48,813$70,043

Median home value

$259,600$422,400

Median gross rent

$908$1,135

Cannon Beach

Population

1,4911,368

Median household income

$50,846$70,815

Median home value

$587,800$760,900

Median gross rent

$839$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	5.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	23.8%
75 and over	7.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
Drove alone	68.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	1.6%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	6.8%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	16.0%
Other means	2.8%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
1-unit, detached	60.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Astoria	Cannon Beach
Poverty rate	14.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.20	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1949	1977