Siletz vs Yachats

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

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

Siletz has the higher population (990 vs 881 in Yachats). Siletz has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $70,000 in Yachats). Yachats has the higher median home value ($549,700 vs $234,000 in Siletz).

Population, income & housing

	Siletz	Yachats
Population	990	881
Median age	44.3 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,636	$70,000
Median home value	$234,000	$549,700
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	376	846
Homeownership rate	75.0%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siletz	Yachats
Population	1,144 → 990 (-13.5%)	553 → 881 (+59.3%)
Median household income	$45,724 → $83,636 (+82.9%)	$49,519 → $70,000 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $234,000 (+102.9%)	$344,700 → $549,700 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $455 (-53.3%)	$998 → $863 (-13.5%)

Siletz

Population

1,144990

Median household income

$45,724$83,636

Median home value

$115,300$234,000

Median gross rent

$975$455

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)

	Siletz	Yachats
Under 5	4.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	11.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	1.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	22.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	25.7%
75 and over	5.7%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siletz	Yachats
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siletz	Yachats
No high school diploma	13.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siletz	Yachats
Drove alone	85.2%	53.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	30.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siletz	Yachats
1-unit, detached	61.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Siletz	Yachats
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.91	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1988	1985