Brookings vs Gold Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Brookings and Gold Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookings and Gold Beach are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookings has the higher population (6,733 vs 2,455 in Gold Beach). Brookings has the higher median household income ($73,384 vs $51,662 in Gold Beach). Brookings has the higher median home value ($398,700 vs $368,900 in Gold Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Brookings	Gold Beach
Population	6,733	2,455
Median age	54.4 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,384	$51,662
Median home value	$398,700	$368,900
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,094
Housing units	3,465	1,370
Homeownership rate	70.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookings	Gold Beach
Population	6,431 → 6,733 (+4.7%)	2,418 → 2,455 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$62,384 → $73,384 (+17.6%)	$42,625 → $51,662 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$304,900 → $398,700 (+30.8%)	$244,200 → $368,900 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,303 (+32.8%)	$855 → $1,094 (+28.0%)

Brookings

Population

6,4316,733

Median household income

$62,384$73,384

Median home value

$304,900$398,700

Median gross rent

$981$1,303

Gold Beach

Population

2,4182,455

Median household income

$42,625$51,662

Median home value

$244,200$368,900

Median gross rent

$855$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookings	Gold Beach
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	22.2%
75 and over	13.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookings	Gold Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookings	Gold Beach
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	22.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookings	Gold Beach
Drove alone	70.0%	55.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	18.4%
Other means	0.1%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookings	Gold Beach
1-unit, detached	68.7%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookings	Gold Beach
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1987	1975