Bay City vs Garibaldi

A side-by-side comparison of Bay City and Garibaldi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay City has the higher population (2,022 vs 769 in Garibaldi). Bay City has the higher median household income ($80,329 vs $52,372 in Garibaldi). Bay City has the higher median home value ($337,500 vs $307,600 in Garibaldi).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Garibaldi
Population	2,022	769
Median age	41.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,329	$52,372
Median home value	$337,500	$307,600
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,094
Housing units	874	518
Homeownership rate	75.1%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Garibaldi
Population	1,675 → 2,022 (+20.7%)	797 → 769 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$56,094 → $80,329 (+43.2%)	$46,696 → $52,372 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$227,500 → $337,500 (+48.4%)	$261,700 → $307,600 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,146 (+15.5%)	$1,047 → $1,094 (+4.5%)

Bay City

Population

1,6752,022

Median household income

$56,094$80,329

Median home value

$227,500$337,500

Median gross rent

$992$1,146

Garibaldi

Population

797769

Median household income

$46,696$52,372

Median home value

$261,700$307,600

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Garibaldi
Under 5	8.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.9%
75 and over	8.6%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Garibaldi
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Garibaldi
No high school diploma	12.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	23.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Garibaldi
Drove alone	68.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	19.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Garibaldi
1-unit, detached	78.6%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Garibaldi
Poverty rate	8.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1979	1968