Gold Beach vs Harbor

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

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

Gold Beach has the higher population (2,455 vs 2,154 in Harbor). Harbor has the higher median household income ($57,778 vs $51,662 in Gold Beach). Gold Beach has the higher median home value ($368,900 vs $316,600 in Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Beach	Harbor
Population	2,455	2,154
Median age	53.9 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,662	$57,778
Median home value	$368,900	$316,600
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,279
Housing units	1,370	1,317
Homeownership rate	62.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Beach	Harbor
Population	2,418 → 2,455 (+1.5%)	1,958 → 2,154 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $51,662 (+21.2%)	$30,791 → $57,778 (+87.6%)
Median home value	$244,200 → $368,900 (+51.1%)	$139,200 → $316,600 (+127.4%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,094 (+28.0%)	$855 → $1,279 (+49.6%)

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

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)

	Gold Beach	Harbor
Under 5	2.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	1.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	22.2%	31.0%
75 and over	10.9%	28.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Beach	Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.6%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Beach	Harbor
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Beach	Harbor
Drove alone	55.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	1.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	9.1%
Other means	6.5%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Beach	Harbor
1-unit, detached	60.6%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	40.5%

Poverty & households

	Gold Beach	Harbor
Poverty rate	12.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.08	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1975	1981