Coos Bay vs Lakeside

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

Coos Bay and Lakeside 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 1,839 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($57,829 vs $55,292 in Coos Bay). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($274,000 vs $272,100 in Coos Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
Population	15,867	1,839
Median age	42.6 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,292	$57,829
Median home value	$272,100	$274,000
Median gross rent	$986	$947
Housing units	7,522	1,083
Homeownership rate	61.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
Population	16,229 → 15,867 (-2.2%)	1,765 → 1,839 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$48,919 → $55,292 (+13.0%)	$41,875 → $57,829 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $272,100 (+50.2%)	$181,000 → $274,000 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)	$732 → $947 (+29.4%)

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

Lakeside

Population

1,7651,839

Median household income

$41,875$57,829

Median home value

$181,000$274,000

Median gross rent

$732$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
Under 5	6.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	23.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	22.7%
75 and over	11.3%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.7%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
Drove alone	72.4%	69.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	14.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.2%
Other means	3.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	58.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Coos Bay	Lakeside
Poverty rate	14.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1970	1989