Depoe Bay vs Waldport

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

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

Both have a population of 2,025. Depoe Bay has the higher median household income ($68,636 vs $50,000 in Waldport). Depoe Bay has the higher median home value ($369,900 vs $318,400 in Waldport).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
Population	2,025	2,025
Median age	56.9 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$50,000
Median home value	$369,900	$318,400
Median gross rent	$1,423	$938
Housing units	1,530	1,291
Homeownership rate	77.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	2,055 → 2,025 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$47,971 → $50,000 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$214,900 → $318,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$787 → $938 (+19.2%)

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

Waldport

Population

2,0552,025

Median household income

$47,971$50,000

Median home value

$214,900$318,400

Median gross rent

$787$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
Under 5	3.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	5.4%	7.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	23.6%	24.0%
65 to 74	22.0%	27.4%
75 and over	10.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
Drove alone	75.9%	68.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
1-unit, detached	62.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Waldport
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.03	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1991	1983