Coos Bay vs North Bend

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

Coos Bay and North Bend 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 10,231 in North Bend). North Bend has the higher median household income ($72,483 vs $55,292 in Coos Bay). North Bend has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $272,100 in Coos Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Coos Bay	North Bend
Population	15,867	10,231
Median age	42.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,292	$72,483
Median home value	$272,100	$306,600
Median gross rent	$986	$1,036
Housing units	7,522	4,671
Homeownership rate	61.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coos Bay	North Bend
Population	16,229 → 15,867 (-2.2%)	9,652 → 10,231 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$48,919 → $55,292 (+13.0%)	$54,243 → $72,483 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $272,100 (+50.2%)	$202,300 → $306,600 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $986 (+20.2%)	$904 → $1,036 (+14.6%)

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

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)

	Coos Bay	North Bend
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.0%
75 and over	11.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coos Bay	North Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.4%
Asian	1.5%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coos Bay	North Bend
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coos Bay	North Bend
Drove alone	72.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	14.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.0%
Other means	3.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coos Bay	North Bend
1-unit, detached	58.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Coos Bay	North Bend
Poverty rate	14.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1970	1965