Gold Beach vs Wedderburn

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

Gold Beach and Wedderburn 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 261 in Wedderburn). Gold Beach has the higher median household income ($51,662 vs $42,104 in Wedderburn). Wedderburn has the higher median home value ($581,700 vs $368,900 in Gold Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
Population	2,455	261
Median age	53.9 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,662	$42,104
Median home value	$368,900	$581,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	—
Housing units	1,370	281
Homeownership rate	62.6%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
Population	2,418 → 2,455 (+1.5%)	824 → 261 (-68.3%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $51,662 (+21.2%)	$38,021 → $42,104 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$244,200 → $368,900 (+51.1%)	$312,500 → $581,700 (+86.1%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,094 (+28.0%)	$1,275 → $728 (-42.9%)

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

Wedderburn

Population

824261

Median household income

$38,021$42,104

Median home value

$312,500$581,700

Median gross rent

$1,275$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	43.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	6.1%
75 and over	10.9%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
No high school diploma	8.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
Drove alone	55.3%	23.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	32.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	44.1%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
1-unit, detached	60.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gold Beach	Wedderburn
Poverty rate	12.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.08	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	13	81
Median year structure built	1975	1984