Brookings vs Port Orford

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

Brookings and Port Orford 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 983 in Port Orford). Brookings has the higher median household income ($73,384 vs $34,122 in Port Orford). Brookings has the higher median home value ($398,700 vs $247,500 in Port Orford).

Population, income & housing

	Brookings	Port Orford
Population	6,733	983
Median age	54.4 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,384	$34,122
Median home value	$398,700	$247,500
Median gross rent	$1,303	$950
Housing units	3,465	780
Homeownership rate	70.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookings	Port Orford
Population	6,431 → 6,733 (+4.7%)	954 → 983 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$62,384 → $73,384 (+17.6%)	$27,500 → $34,122 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$304,900 → $398,700 (+30.8%)	$174,100 → $247,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,303 (+32.8%)	$606 → $950 (+56.8%)

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

Port Orford

Population

954983

Median household income

$27,500$34,122

Median home value

$174,100$247,500

Median gross rent

$606$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookings	Port Orford
Under 5	3.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	5.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	27.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	23.1%
75 and over	13.5%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookings	Port Orford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookings	Port Orford
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	22.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookings	Port Orford
Drove alone	70.0%	54.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.0%
Public transit	1.0%	4.3%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	15.1%	24.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookings	Port Orford
1-unit, detached	68.7%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookings	Port Orford
Poverty rate	11.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1987	1972