Gearhart vs River Point

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

Gearhart and River Point 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 308 in River Point). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $63,056 in River Point). River Point has the higher median home value ($528,500 vs $522,100 in Gearhart).

Population, income & housing

	Gearhart	River Point
Population	1,959	308
Median age	47.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,966	$63,056
Median home value	$522,100	$528,500
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,029
Housing units	1,466	186
Homeownership rate	80.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gearhart	River Point
Population	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)	242 → 308 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)	$63,077 → $63,056 (-0.0%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)	$344,800 → $528,500 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)	$950 → $1,029 (+8.3%)

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

River Point

Population

242308

Median household income

$63,077$63,056

Median home value

$344,800$528,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gearhart	River Point
Under 5	5.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	1.6%
65 to 74	21.3%	32.5%
75 and over	6.5%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gearhart	River Point
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gearhart	River Point
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gearhart	River Point
Drove alone	61.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gearhart	River Point
1-unit, detached	73.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gearhart	River Point
Poverty rate	7.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.46	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1978	1979