Brookings vs Nesika Beach

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

Brookings and Nesika 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 496 in Nesika Beach). Nesika Beach has the higher median household income ($87,712 vs $73,384 in Brookings). Brookings has the higher median home value ($398,700 vs $369,700 in Nesika Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
Population	6,733	496
Median age	54.4 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,384	$87,712
Median home value	$398,700	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,303	—
Housing units	3,465	364
Homeownership rate	70.0%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
Population	6,431 → 6,733 (+4.7%)	315 → 496 (+57.5%)
Median household income	$62,384 → $73,384 (+17.6%)	$55,710 → $87,712 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$304,900 → $398,700 (+30.8%)	$245,700 → $369,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,303 (+32.8%)	—

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

Nesika Beach

Population

315496

Median household income

$55,710$87,712

Median home value

$245,700$369,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	0.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	35.9%
55 to 64	19.2%	26.4%
65 to 74	16.3%	30.8%
75 and over	13.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
Drove alone	70.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	25.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
1-unit, detached	68.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookings	Nesika Beach
Poverty rate	11.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1987	1984