Gold Beach vs Nesika Beach

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

Gold Beach and Nesika Beach 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 496 in Nesika Beach). Nesika Beach has the higher median household income ($87,712 vs $51,662 in Gold Beach). Nesika Beach has the higher median home value ($369,700 vs $368,900 in Gold Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
Population	2,455	496
Median age	53.9 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,662	$87,712
Median home value	$368,900	$369,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	—
Housing units	1,370	364
Homeownership rate	62.6%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
Population	2,418 → 2,455 (+1.5%)	315 → 496 (+57.5%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $51,662 (+21.2%)	$55,710 → $87,712 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$244,200 → $368,900 (+51.1%)	$245,700 → $369,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,094 (+28.0%)	—

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

Nesika Beach

Population

315496

Median household income

$55,710$87,712

Median home value

$245,700$369,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	35.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	22.2%	30.8%
75 and over	10.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
Drove alone	55.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	25.3%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
1-unit, detached	60.6%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Gold Beach	Nesika Beach
Poverty rate	12.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1975	1984