Port Orford vs Wedderburn

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

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

Port Orford has the higher population (983 vs 261 in Wedderburn). Wedderburn has the higher median household income ($42,104 vs $34,122 in Port Orford). Wedderburn has the higher median home value ($581,700 vs $247,500 in Port Orford).

Population, income & housing

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
Population	983	261
Median age	63.5 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,122	$42,104
Median home value	$247,500	$581,700
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	780	281
Homeownership rate	66.6%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
Population	954 → 983 (+3.0%)	824 → 261 (-68.3%)
Median household income	$27,500 → $34,122 (+24.1%)	$38,021 → $42,104 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$174,100 → $247,500 (+42.2%)	$312,500 → $581,700 (+86.1%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $950 (+56.8%)	$1,275 → $728 (-42.9%)

Port Orford

Population

954983

Median household income

$27,500$34,122

Median home value

$174,100$247,500

Median gross rent

$606$950

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)

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	27.7%	43.7%
65 to 74	23.1%	6.1%
75 and over	22.0%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
No high school diploma	6.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	18.8%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
Drove alone	54.8%	23.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	32.4%
Bicycle	5.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	44.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
1-unit, detached	76.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Orford	Wedderburn
Poverty rate	19.2%	6.1%
Average household size	1.51	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	81
Median year structure built	1972	1984