Depoe Bay vs Lincoln City

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

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

Lincoln City has the higher population (9,890 vs 2,025 in Depoe Bay). Depoe Bay has the higher median household income ($68,636 vs $56,322 in Lincoln City). Lincoln City has the higher median home value ($374,400 vs $369,900 in Depoe Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
Population	2,025	9,890
Median age	56.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$56,322
Median home value	$369,900	$374,400
Median gross rent	$1,423	$1,326
Housing units	1,530	7,023
Homeownership rate	77.0%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	8,826 → 9,890 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$39,344 → $56,322 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$246,300 → $374,400 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$933 → $1,326 (+42.1%)

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 City

Population

8,8269,890

Median household income

$39,344$56,322

Median home value

$246,300$374,400

Median gross rent

$933$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	5.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	22.0%	20.0%
75 and over	10.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	2.1%
Asian	0.4%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
No high school diploma	1.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	23.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
Drove alone	75.9%	65.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	12.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.1%
Walked	3.1%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
1-unit, detached	62.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Lincoln City
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1991	1984