Heceta Beach vs Oakridge

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

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

Oakridge has the higher population (3,197 vs 2,220 in Heceta Beach). Heceta Beach has the higher median household income ($77,778 vs $35,437 in Oakridge). Heceta Beach has the higher median home value ($458,500 vs $231,500 in Oakridge).

Population, income & housing

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
Population	2,220	3,197
Median age	63.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,778	$35,437
Median home value	$458,500	$231,500
Median gross rent	$1,172	$924
Housing units	1,336	1,550
Homeownership rate	84.1%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
Population	1,708 → 2,220 (+30.0%)	3,303 → 3,197 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$68,519 → $77,778 (+13.5%)	$32,205 → $35,437 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$344,100 → $458,500 (+33.2%)	$116,100 → $231,500 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $1,172 (-2.7%)	$781 → $924 (+18.3%)

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

Oakridge

Population

3,3033,197

Median household income

$32,205$35,437

Median home value

$116,100$231,500

Median gross rent

$781$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
Under 5	0.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	1.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	18.4%	4.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	31.3%	15.0%
75 and over	15.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
No high school diploma	3.9%	16.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
Drove alone	57.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.7%	16.6%
Other means	4.8%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
1-unit, detached	81.7%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Heceta Beach	Oakridge
Poverty rate	12.4%	29.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1990	1959