Bayside Gardens vs Rockaway Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bayside Gardens and Rockaway Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayside Gardens and Rockaway Beach are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockaway Beach has the higher population (1,577 vs 1,194 in Bayside Gardens). Bayside Gardens has the higher median household income ($75,810 vs $55,188 in Rockaway Beach). Bayside Gardens has the higher median home value ($403,100 vs $341,100 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
Population	1,194	1,577
Median age	55.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,810	$55,188
Median home value	$403,100	$341,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,308
Housing units	804	1,842
Homeownership rate	97.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
Population	907 → 1,194 (+31.6%)	1,166 → 1,577 (+35.2%)
Median household income	$55,781 → $75,810 (+35.9%)	$45,781 → $55,188 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $403,100 (+60.3%)	$206,000 → $341,100 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$799 → $1,308 (+63.7%)

Bayside Gardens

Population

9071,194

Median household income

$55,781$75,810

Median home value

$251,400$403,100

Rockaway Beach

Population

1,1661,577

Median household income

$45,781$55,188

Median home value

$206,000$341,100

Median gross rent

$799$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	0.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	4.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	19.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	28.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	18.7%
75 and over	8.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	7.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	56.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	29.4%
Other means	13.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	74.4%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Bayside Gardens	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	15.8%	7.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1990	1985