Depoe Bay vs Siletz

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

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

Depoe Bay has the higher population (2,025 vs 990 in Siletz). Siletz has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $68,636 in Depoe Bay). Depoe Bay has the higher median home value ($369,900 vs $234,000 in Siletz).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
Population	2,025	990
Median age	56.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$83,636
Median home value	$369,900	$234,000
Median gross rent	$1,423	—
Housing units	1,530	376
Homeownership rate	77.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	1,144 → 990 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$45,724 → $83,636 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$115,300 → $234,000 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$975 → $455 (-53.3%)

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

Siletz

Population

1,144990

Median household income

$45,724$83,636

Median home value

$115,300$234,000

Median gross rent

$975$455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	5.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	12.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	23.6%	22.1%
65 to 74	22.0%	11.7%
75 and over	10.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	10.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
No high school diploma	1.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
Drove alone	75.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.4%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
1-unit, detached	62.6%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Siletz
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.03	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1991	1988