Gearhart vs Westport

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

Gearhart and Westport 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 260 in Westport). Gearhart has the higher median household income ($85,966 vs $47,750 in Westport). Gearhart has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $63,100 in Westport).

Population, income & housing

	Gearhart	Westport
Population	1,959	260
Median age	47.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,966	$47,750
Median home value	$522,100	$63,100
Median gross rent	$1,089	—
Housing units	1,466	150
Homeownership rate	80.9%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gearhart	Westport
Population	1,645 → 1,959 (+19.1%)	364 → 260 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $85,966 (+17.6%)	$59,432 → $47,750 (-19.7%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $522,100 (+52.6%)	$120,700 → $63,100 (-47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,089 (-2.2%)	—

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

Westport

Population

364260

Median household income

$59,432$47,750

Median home value

$120,700$63,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gearhart	Westport
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	3.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	21.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	26.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	2.7%
65 to 74	21.3%	13.1%
75 and over	6.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gearhart	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	87.7%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gearhart	Westport
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gearhart	Westport
Drove alone	61.7%	51.1%
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%	48.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gearhart	Westport
1-unit, detached	73.3%	28.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	71.3%

Poverty & households

	Gearhart	Westport
Poverty rate	7.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1978	1978