Gearhart vs Knappa

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

Gearhart and Knappa 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 922 in Knappa). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $85,357 in Knappa). Gearhart has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $409,700 in Knappa).

Population, income & housing

	Gearhart	Knappa
Population	1,959	922
Median age	47.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,966	$85,357
Median home value	$522,100	$409,700
Median gross rent	$1,089	$986
Housing units	1,466	373
Homeownership rate	80.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gearhart	Knappa
Population	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)	1,033 → 922 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)	$78,190 → $85,357 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)	$269,800 → $409,700 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)	$918 → $986 (+7.4%)

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

Knappa

Population

1,033922

Median household income

$78,190$85,357

Median home value

$269,800$409,700

Median gross rent

$918$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gearhart	Knappa
Under 5	5.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	24.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	21.3%	10.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gearhart	Knappa
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gearhart	Knappa
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gearhart	Knappa
Drove alone	61.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gearhart	Knappa
1-unit, detached	73.3%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Gearhart	Knappa
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1978	1977