Bay City vs Pacific City

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

Bay City and Pacific City 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 1,638 in Pacific City). Pacific City has the higher median household income ($88,044 vs $80,329 in Bay City). Pacific City has the higher median home value ($518,800 vs $337,500 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Pacific City
Population	2,022	1,638
Median age	41.6 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,329	$88,044
Median home value	$337,500	$518,800
Median gross rent	$1,146	$1,226
Housing units	874	1,547
Homeownership rate	75.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Pacific City
Population	1,675 → 2,022 (+20.7%)	1,076 → 1,638 (+52.2%)
Median household income	$56,094 → $80,329 (+43.2%)	$59,583 → $88,044 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$227,500 → $337,500 (+48.4%)	$222,100 → $518,800 (+133.6%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,146 (+15.5%)	$1,179 → $1,226 (+4.0%)

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

Pacific City

Population

1,0761,638

Median household income

$59,583$88,044

Median home value

$222,100$518,800

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Pacific City
Under 5	8.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	3.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	21.9%
75 and over	8.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Pacific City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Pacific City
No high school diploma	12.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Pacific City
Drove alone	68.7%	58.9%
Carpooled	15.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.4%	8.0%
Walked	0.6%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Pacific City
1-unit, detached	78.6%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Pacific City
Poverty rate	8.7%	17.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1979	1994