Cannon Beach vs Gearhart

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

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

Gearhart has the higher population (1,959 vs 1,368 in Cannon Beach). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $70,815 in Cannon Beach). Cannon Beach has the higher median home value ($760,900 vs $522,100 in Gearhart).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
Population	1,368	1,959
Median age	62.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,815	$85,966
Median home value	$760,900	$522,100
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,089
Housing units	2,198	1,466
Homeownership rate	55.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
Population	1,491 → 1,368 (-8.2%)	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$50,846 → $70,815 (+39.3%)	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$587,800 → $760,900 (+29.4%)	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $1,114 (+32.8%)	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)

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

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)

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	5.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	21.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	23.8%	21.3%
75 and over	15.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	14.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
Drove alone	67.2%	61.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.6%
Walked	9.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	21.5%
Other means	4.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
1-unit, detached	73.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cannon Beach	Gearhart
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.5%
Average household size	1.73	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1977	1978