Seaside vs Warrenton

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

Seaside and Warrenton 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 6,297 in Warrenton). Warrenton has the higher median household income ($67,430 vs $45,807 in Seaside). Seaside has the higher median home value ($413,800 vs $386,500 in Warrenton).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside	Warrenton
Population	7,210	6,297
Median age	52.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,807	$67,430
Median home value	$413,800	$386,500
Median gross rent	$981	$1,283
Housing units	5,264	2,772
Homeownership rate	47.2%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside	Warrenton
Population	6,737 → 7,210 (+7.0%)	5,549 → 6,297 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$46,505 → $45,807 (-1.5%)	$58,191 → $67,430 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$309,700 → $413,800 (+33.6%)	$254,700 → $386,500 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $981 (+4.5%)	$943 → $1,283 (+36.1%)

Seaside

Population

6,7377,210

Median household income

$46,505$45,807

Median home value

$309,700$413,800

Median gross rent

$939$981

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)

	Seaside	Warrenton
Under 5	0.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	17.9%	13.9%
75 and over	9.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside	Warrenton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	77.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside	Warrenton
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	26.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside	Warrenton
Drove alone	65.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	19.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside	Warrenton
1-unit, detached	55.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Seaside	Warrenton
Poverty rate	18.5%	5.4%
Average household size	1.76	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1975	1986