Dunes City vs Heceta Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Dunes City and Heceta Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heceta Beach has the higher population (2,220 vs 1,358 in Dunes City). Heceta Beach has the higher median household income ($77,778 vs $71,125 in Dunes City). Dunes City has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $458,500 in Heceta Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
Population	1,358	2,220
Median age	65.1 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$77,778
Median home value	$514,900	$458,500
Median gross rent	$694	$1,172
Housing units	824	1,336
Homeownership rate	79.3%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
Population	1,237 → 1,358 (+9.8%)	1,708 → 2,220 (+30.0%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $71,125 (+9.4%)	$68,519 → $77,778 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $514,900 (+37.6%)	$344,100 → $458,500 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $694 (-33.5%)	$1,205 → $1,172 (-2.7%)

Dunes City

Population

1,2371,358

Median household income

$65,000$71,125

Median home value

$374,200$514,900

Median gross rent

$1,044$694

Heceta Beach

Population

1,7082,220

Median household income

$68,519$77,778

Median home value

$344,100$458,500

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
Under 5	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 17	5.3%	7.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	1.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	27.9%	31.3%
75 and over	22.5%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	14.3%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
Drove alone	74.7%	57.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	35.7%
Other means	0.9%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
1-unit, detached	88.3%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Dunes City	Heceta Beach
Poverty rate	7.3%	12.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1976	1990