Bandon vs North Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Bandon and North Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Bend has the higher population (10,231 vs 3,323 in Bandon). North Bend has the higher median household income ($72,483 vs $46,250 in Bandon). Bandon has the higher median home value ($449,600 vs $306,600 in North Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Bandon	North Bend
Population	3,323	10,231
Median age	57.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$72,483
Median home value	$449,600	$306,600
Median gross rent	$907	$1,036
Housing units	2,166	4,671
Homeownership rate	60.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bandon	North Bend
Population	3,100 → 3,323 (+7.2%)	9,652 → 10,231 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$32,226 → $46,250 (+43.5%)	$54,243 → $72,483 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $449,600 (+105.5%)	$202,300 → $306,600 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $907 (+12.7%)	$904 → $1,036 (+14.6%)

Bandon

Population

3,1003,323

Median household income

$32,226$46,250

Median home value

$218,800$449,600

Median gross rent

$805$907

North Bend

Population

9,65210,231

Median household income

$54,243$72,483

Median home value

$202,300$306,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bandon	North Bend
Under 5	0.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	24.0%	16.0%
75 and over	13.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bandon	North Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	2.4%
Asian	0.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bandon	North Bend
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bandon	North Bend
Drove alone	78.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bandon	North Bend
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bandon	North Bend
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1989	1965