Coos Bay vs Coquille

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

Coos Bay and Coquille 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 4,019 in Coquille). Coos Bay has the higher median household income ($55,292 vs $49,276 in Coquille). Coos Bay has the higher median home value ($272,100 vs $249,200 in Coquille).

Population, income & housing

	Coos Bay	Coquille
Population	15,867	4,019
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,292	$49,276
Median home value	$272,100	$249,200
Median gross rent	$986	$1,101
Housing units	7,522	1,831
Homeownership rate	61.0%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coos Bay	Coquille
Population	16,229 → 15,867 (-2.2%)	3,894 → 4,019 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$48,919 → $55,292 (+13.0%)	$33,516 → $49,276 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $272,100 (+50.2%)	$145,200 → $249,200 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)	$711 → $1,101 (+54.9%)

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

Coquille

Population

3,8944,019

Median household income

$33,516$49,276

Median home value

$145,200$249,200

Median gross rent

$711$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coos Bay	Coquille
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.4%
75 and over	11.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coos Bay	Coquille
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coos Bay	Coquille
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coos Bay	Coquille
Drove alone	72.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.7%
Other means	3.3%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coos Bay	Coquille
1-unit, detached	58.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Coos Bay	Coquille
Poverty rate	14.2%	20.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1970	1968