Brookings vs Harbor

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

Brookings and Harbor 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 2,154 in Harbor). Brookings has the higher median household income ($73,384 vs $57,778 in Harbor). Brookings has the higher median home value ($398,700 vs $316,600 in Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Brookings	Harbor
Population	6,733	2,154
Median age	54.4 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,384	$57,778
Median home value	$398,700	$316,600
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,279
Housing units	3,465	1,317
Homeownership rate	70.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookings	Harbor
Population	6,431 → 6,733 (+4.7%)	1,958 → 2,154 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$62,384 → $73,384 (+17.6%)	$30,791 → $57,778 (+87.6%)
Median home value	$304,900 → $398,700 (+30.8%)	$139,200 → $316,600 (+127.4%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,303 (+32.8%)	$855 → $1,279 (+49.6%)

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

Harbor

Population

1,9582,154

Median household income

$30,791$57,778

Median home value

$139,200$316,600

Median gross rent

$855$1,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookings	Harbor
Under 5	3.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	1.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	2.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	3.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.3%	31.0%
75 and over	13.5%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookings	Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookings	Harbor
No high school diploma	10.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookings	Harbor
Drove alone	70.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	1.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.1%
Other means	0.1%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookings	Harbor
1-unit, detached	68.7%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	40.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookings	Harbor
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1987	1981