Harbor vs Port Orford

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

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

Harbor has the higher population (2,154 vs 983 in Port Orford). Harbor has the higher median household income ($57,778 vs $34,122 in Port Orford). Harbor has the higher median home value ($316,600 vs $247,500 in Port Orford).

Population, income & housing

	Harbor	Port Orford
Population	2,154	983
Median age	69.5 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,778	$34,122
Median home value	$316,600	$247,500
Median gross rent	$1,279	$950
Housing units	1,317	780
Homeownership rate	72.1%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harbor	Port Orford
Population	1,958 → 2,154 (+10.0%)	954 → 983 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$30,791 → $57,778 (+87.6%)	$27,500 → $34,122 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$139,200 → $316,600 (+127.4%)	$174,100 → $247,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,279 (+49.6%)	$606 → $950 (+56.8%)

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

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)

	Harbor	Port Orford
Under 5	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	1.4%	5.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	2.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	27.7%
65 to 74	31.0%	23.1%
75 and over	28.2%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harbor	Port Orford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harbor	Port Orford
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harbor	Port Orford
Drove alone	83.1%	54.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	9.1%	24.3%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harbor	Port Orford
1-unit, detached	45.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.5%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Harbor	Port Orford
Poverty rate	8.2%	19.2%
Average household size	1.72	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1981	1972