Myrtle Point vs North Bend

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

Myrtle Point 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 2,689 in Myrtle Point). North Bend has the higher median household income ($72,483 vs $42,357 in Myrtle Point). North Bend has the higher median home value ($306,600 vs $239,700 in Myrtle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
Population	2,689	10,231
Median age	46.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,357	$72,483
Median home value	$239,700	$306,600
Median gross rent	$710	$1,036
Housing units	1,352	4,671
Homeownership rate	68.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
Population	2,517 → 2,689 (+6.8%)	9,652 → 10,231 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $42,357 (+21.5%)	$54,243 → $72,483 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $239,700 (+67.2%)	$202,300 → $306,600 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $710 (+29.3%)	$904 → $1,036 (+14.6%)

Myrtle Point

Population

2,5172,689

Median household income

$34,866$42,357

Median home value

$143,400$239,700

Median gross rent

$549$710

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)

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
Under 5	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.0%
75 and over	11.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	42.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
Drove alone	70.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	16.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
1-unit, detached	63.3%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Myrtle Point	North Bend
Poverty rate	22.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1955	1965