Cannon Beach vs Warrenton

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

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

Warrenton has the higher population (6,297 vs 1,368 in Cannon Beach). Cannon Beach has the higher median household income ($70,815 vs $67,430 in Warrenton). Cannon Beach has the higher median home value ($760,900 vs $386,500 in Warrenton).

Population, income & housing

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
Population	1,368	6,297
Median age	62.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,815	$67,430
Median home value	$760,900	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,283
Housing units	2,198	2,772
Homeownership rate	55.2%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
Population	1,491 → 1,368 (-8.2%)	5,549 → 6,297 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$50,846 → $70,815 (+39.3%)	$58,191 → $67,430 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$587,800 → $760,900 (+29.4%)	$254,700 → $386,500 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $1,114 (+32.8%)	$943 → $1,283 (+36.1%)

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

Warrenton

Population

5,5496,297

Median household income

$58,191$67,430

Median home value

$254,700$386,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	5.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	23.8%	13.9%
75 and over	15.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	14.8%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
Drove alone	67.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	19.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	4.0%
Other means	4.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
1-unit, detached	73.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Cannon Beach	Warrenton
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.4%
Average household size	1.73	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1977	1986