Bandon vs Coos Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Bandon and Coos Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coos Bay has the higher population (15,867 vs 3,323 in Bandon). Coos Bay has the higher median household income ($55,292 vs $46,250 in Bandon). Bandon has the higher median home value ($449,600 vs $272,100 in Coos Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bandon	Coos Bay
Population	3,323	15,867
Median age	57.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$55,292
Median home value	$449,600	$272,100
Median gross rent	$907	$986
Housing units	2,166	7,522
Homeownership rate	60.0%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bandon	Coos Bay
Population	3,100 → 3,323 (+7.2%)	16,229 → 15,867 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$32,226 → $46,250 (+43.5%)	$48,919 → $55,292 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $449,600 (+105.5%)	$181,200 → $272,100 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $907 (+12.7%)	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)

Bandon

Population

3,1003,323

Median household income

$32,226$46,250

Median home value

$218,800$449,600

Median gross rent

$805$907

Coos Bay

Population

16,22915,867

Median household income

$48,919$55,292

Median home value

$181,200$272,100

Median gross rent

$820$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bandon	Coos Bay
Under 5	0.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	24.0%	12.2%
75 and over	13.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bandon	Coos Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bandon	Coos Bay
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bandon	Coos Bay
Drove alone	78.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bandon	Coos Bay
1-unit, detached	72.7%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	10.1%
20 or more units	9.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Bandon	Coos Bay
Poverty rate	20.7%	14.2%
Average household size	1.85	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1989	1970