Dunes City vs Marcola

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

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

Dunes City has the higher population (1,358 vs 561 in Marcola). Marcola has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $71,125 in Dunes City). Dunes City has the higher median home value ($514,900 vs $330,600 in Marcola).

Population, income & housing

	Dunes City	Marcola
Population	1,358	561
Median age	65.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$78,125
Median home value	$514,900	$330,600
Median gross rent	$694	—
Housing units	824	183
Homeownership rate	79.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunes City	Marcola
Population	1,237 → 1,358 (+9.8%)	509 → 561 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $71,125 (+9.4%)	$78,235 → $78,125 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $514,900 (+37.6%)	$160,700 → $330,600 (+105.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $694 (-33.5%)	—

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

Marcola

Population

509561

Median household income

$78,235$78,125

Median home value

$160,700$330,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunes City	Marcola
Under 5	2.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	17.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	27.9%	6.1%
75 and over	22.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunes City	Marcola
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunes City	Marcola
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	14.3%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	48.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunes City	Marcola
Drove alone	74.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunes City	Marcola
1-unit, detached	88.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
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%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Dunes City	Marcola
Poverty rate	7.3%	21.4%
Average household size	1.97	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1976	1973