Depoe Bay vs Lincoln Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Depoe Bay and Lincoln Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln Beach has the higher population (2,657 vs 2,025 in Depoe Bay). Lincoln Beach has the higher median household income ($72,833 vs $68,636 in Depoe Bay). Lincoln Beach has the higher median home value ($409,300 vs $369,900 in Depoe Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
Population	2,025	2,657
Median age	56.9 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$72,833
Median home value	$369,900	$409,300
Median gross rent	$1,423	$865
Housing units	1,530	2,727
Homeownership rate	77.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	2,072 → 2,657 (+28.2%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$46,273 → $72,833 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$279,000 → $409,300 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$680 → $865 (+27.2%)

Depoe Bay

Population

1,8052,025

Median household income

$57,143$68,636

Median home value

$311,100$369,900

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,423

Lincoln Beach

Population

2,0722,657

Median household income

$46,273$72,833

Median home value

$279,000$409,300

Median gross rent

$680$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	0.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	23.6%	26.1%
65 to 74	22.0%	16.3%
75 and over	10.8%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
Drove alone	75.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.1%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
1-unit, detached	62.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln Beach
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.03	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1991	1982