Barnesdale vs Cape Meares

A side-by-side comparison of Barnesdale and Cape Meares: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cape Meares has the higher population (189 vs 157 in Barnesdale). Cape Meares has the higher median household income ($90,338 vs $44,643 in Barnesdale). Since 2019, Cape Meares's population has grown faster (+136.3% vs -16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
Population	157	189
Median age	64.3 yrs	74.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,643	$90,338
Median home value	—	$755,200
Median gross rent	$1,568	—
Housing units	74	201
Homeownership rate	74.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
Population	188 → 157 (-16.5%)	80 → 189 (+136.3%)
Median household income	$53,833 → $44,643 (-17.1%)	$86,250 → $90,338 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $259,400 (-12.6%)	$483,300 → $755,200 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,568 (+29.8%)	—

Barnesdale

Population

188157

Median household income

$53,833$44,643

Median home value

$296,900$259,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,568

Cape Meares

Population

80189

Median household income

$86,250$90,338

Median home value

$483,300$755,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.2%	8.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	3.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	24.2%	27.0%
75 and over	17.2%	48.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
Drove alone	93.9%	26.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	73.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
1-unit, detached	70.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnesdale	Cape Meares
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.12	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1991	1979