Depoe Bay vs Newport

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

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

Newport has the higher population (10,393 vs 2,025 in Depoe Bay). Depoe Bay has the higher median household income ($68,636 vs $57,213 in Newport). Newport has the higher median home value ($404,800 vs $369,900 in Depoe Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Newport
Population	2,025	10,393
Median age	56.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$57,213
Median home value	$369,900	$404,800
Median gross rent	$1,423	$1,153
Housing units	1,530	5,779
Homeownership rate	77.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Newport
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	10,559 → 10,393 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$49,039 → $57,213 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$258,000 → $404,800 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$896 → $1,153 (+28.7%)

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

Newport

Population

10,55910,393

Median household income

$49,039$57,213

Median home value

$258,000$404,800

Median gross rent

$896$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Newport
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	5.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	23.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	22.0%	17.7%
75 and over	10.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Newport
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	23.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Newport
Drove alone	75.9%	69.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	13.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	3.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Newport
1-unit, detached	62.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Newport
Poverty rate	8.7%	17.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1991	1978