Barnesdale vs Nehalem

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

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

Nehalem has the higher population (225 vs 157 in Barnesdale). Nehalem has the higher median household income ($69,464 vs $44,643 in Barnesdale). Since 2019, Barnesdale's population has grown faster (-16.5% vs -36.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
Population	157	225
Median age	64.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,643	$69,464
Median home value	—	$418,400
Median gross rent	$1,568	$1,167
Housing units	74	148
Homeownership rate	74.3%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
Population	188 → 157 (-16.5%)	355 → 225 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$53,833 → $44,643 (-17.1%)	$58,393 → $69,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$296,900 → $259,400 (-12.6%)	$228,400 → $418,400 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,568 (+29.8%)	$1,000 → $1,167 (+16.7%)

Barnesdale

Population

188157

Median household income

$53,833$44,643

Median home value

$296,900$259,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,568

Nehalem

Population

355225

Median household income

$58,393$69,464

Median home value

$228,400$418,400

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
Under 5	3.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	3.2%	3.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	24.2%	16.0%
75 and over	17.2%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	85.8%
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%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
Drove alone	93.9%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnesdale	Nehalem
1-unit, detached	70.3%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
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	Nehalem
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1991	1982