Gearhart vs Seaside

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

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

Seaside has the higher population (7,210 vs 1,959 in Gearhart). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $45,807 in Seaside). Gearhart has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $413,800 in Seaside).

Population, income & housing

	Gearhart	Seaside
Population	1,959	7,210
Median age	47.5 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,966	$45,807
Median home value	$522,100	$413,800
Median gross rent	$1,089	$981
Housing units	1,466	5,264
Homeownership rate	80.9%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gearhart	Seaside
Population	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)	6,737 → 7,210 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)	$46,505 → $45,807 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)	$309,700 → $413,800 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)	$939 → $981 (+4.5%)

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

Seaside

Population

6,7377,210

Median household income

$46,505$45,807

Median home value

$309,700$413,800

Median gross rent

$939$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gearhart	Seaside
Under 5	5.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	21.3%	17.9%
75 and over	6.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gearhart	Seaside
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gearhart	Seaside
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gearhart	Seaside
Drove alone	61.7%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.6%	2.1%
Walked	7.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	21.5%	13.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gearhart	Seaside
1-unit, detached	73.3%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	11.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Gearhart	Seaside
Poverty rate	7.5%	18.5%
Average household size	2.46	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1978	1975