Waldport vs Yachats

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

Waldport and Yachats 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 881 in Yachats). Yachats has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $50,000 in Waldport). Yachats has the higher median home value ($549,700 vs $318,400 in Waldport).

Population, income & housing

	Waldport	Yachats
Population	2,025	881
Median age	61.3 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$70,000
Median home value	$318,400	$549,700
Median gross rent	$938	$863
Housing units	1,291	846
Homeownership rate	71.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waldport	Yachats
Population	2,055 → 2,025 (-1.5%)	553 → 881 (+59.3%)
Median household income	$47,971 → $50,000 (+4.2%)	$49,519 → $70,000 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$214,900 → $318,400 (+48.2%)	$344,700 → $549,700 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $938 (+19.2%)	$998 → $863 (-13.5%)

Waldport

Population

2,0552,025

Median household income

$47,971$50,000

Median home value

$214,900$318,400

Median gross rent

$787$938

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)

	Waldport	Yachats
Under 5	0.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	1.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.4%
55 to 64	24.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	27.4%	25.7%
75 and over	11.4%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waldport	Yachats
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waldport	Yachats
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waldport	Yachats
Drove alone	68.2%	53.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	30.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waldport	Yachats
1-unit, detached	63.3%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Waldport	Yachats
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.5%
Average household size	1.87	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	10
Median year structure built	1983	1985