Astoria vs Gearhart

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

Astoria and Gearhart 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 1,959 in Gearhart). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $70,043 in Astoria). Gearhart has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $422,400 in Astoria).

Population, income & housing

	Astoria	Gearhart
Population	10,162	1,959
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,043	$85,966
Median home value	$422,400	$522,100
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,089
Housing units	5,062	1,466
Homeownership rate	49.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Astoria	Gearhart
Population	9,836 → 10,162 (+3.3%)	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$48,813 → $70,043 (+43.5%)	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$259,600 → $422,400 (+62.7%)	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,135 (+25.0%)	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)

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

Gearhart

Population

1,6451,959

Median household income

$73,125$85,966

Median home value

$342,200$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Astoria	Gearhart
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	21.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Astoria	Gearhart
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Astoria	Gearhart
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	21.1%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Astoria	Gearhart
Drove alone	68.3%	61.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	6.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	21.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Astoria	Gearhart
1-unit, detached	60.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Astoria	Gearhart
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1949	1978