Cape Meares vs Neahkahnie

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

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

Neahkahnie has the higher population (300 vs 189 in Cape Meares). Neahkahnie has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $90,338 in Cape Meares). Neahkahnie has the higher median home value ($1,103,400 vs $755,200 in Cape Meares).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
Population	189	300
Median age	74.9 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,338	$92,500
Median home value	$755,200	$1,103,400
Housing units	201	321
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	77.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
Population	80 → 189 (+136.3%)	170 → 300 (+76.5%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $90,338 (+4.7%)	$66,500 → $92,500 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$483,300 → $755,200 (+56.3%)	$1,055,200 → $1,103,400 (+4.6%)

Cape Meares

Population

80189

Median household income

$86,250$90,338

Median home value

$483,300$755,200

Neahkahnie

Population

170300

Median household income

$66,500$92,500

Median home value

$1,055,200$1,103,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.8%	28.3%
65 to 74	27.0%	56.3%
75 and over	48.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	81.3%
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	3.2%	18.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	8.1%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	37.6%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
Drove alone	26.9%	56.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.1%	43.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape Meares	Neahkahnie
Poverty rate	1.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.75	1.79
Median year structure built	1979	1980