Depoe Bay vs Yachats

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

Depoe Bay and Yachats 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 881 in Yachats). Yachats has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $68,636 in Depoe Bay). Yachats has the higher median home value ($549,700 vs $369,900 in Depoe Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
Population	2,025	881
Median age	56.9 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,636	$70,000
Median home value	$369,900	$549,700
Median gross rent	$1,423	$863
Housing units	1,530	846
Homeownership rate	77.0%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
Population	1,805 → 2,025 (+12.2%)	553 → 881 (+59.3%)
Median household income	$57,143 → $68,636 (+20.1%)	$49,519 → $70,000 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $369,900 (+18.9%)	$344,700 → $549,700 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,423 (+21.0%)	$998 → $863 (-13.5%)

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

Yachats

Population

553881

Median household income

$49,519$70,000

Median home value

$344,700$549,700

Median gross rent

$998$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
Under 5	3.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	5.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	1.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	22.0%	25.7%
75 and over	10.8%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	23.3%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
Drove alone	75.9%	53.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	30.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
1-unit, detached	62.6%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Depoe Bay	Yachats
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.03	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	10
Median year structure built	1991	1985