Siletz vs Waldport

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

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

Waldport has the higher population (2,025 vs 990 in Siletz). Siletz has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $50,000 in Waldport). Waldport has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $234,000 in Siletz).

Population, income & housing

	Siletz	Waldport
Population	990	2,025
Median age	44.3 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,636	$50,000
Median home value	$234,000	$318,400
Median gross rent	—	$938
Housing units	376	1,291
Homeownership rate	75.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siletz	Waldport
Population	1,144 → 990 (-13.5%)	2,055 → 2,025 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$45,724 → $83,636 (+82.9%)	$47,971 → $50,000 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $234,000 (+102.9%)	$214,900 → $318,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $455 (-53.3%)	$787 → $938 (+19.2%)

Siletz

Population

1,144990

Median household income

$45,724$83,636

Median home value

$115,300$234,000

Median gross rent

$975$455

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)

	Siletz	Waldport
Under 5	4.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	12.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	3.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	22.1%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	27.4%
75 and over	5.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siletz	Waldport
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siletz	Waldport
No high school diploma	13.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siletz	Waldport
Drove alone	85.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siletz	Waldport
1-unit, detached	61.2%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Siletz	Waldport
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.91	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1988	1983