Cape Meares vs Nehalem

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

Cape Meares 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 189 in Cape Meares). Cape Meares has the higher median household income ($90,338 vs $69,464 in Nehalem). Cape Meares has the higher median home value ($755,200 vs $418,400 in Nehalem).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
Population	189	225
Median age	74.9 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,338	$69,464
Median home value	$755,200	$418,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,167
Housing units	201	148
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
Population	80 → 189 (+136.3%)	355 → 225 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $90,338 (+4.7%)	$58,393 → $69,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$483,300 → $755,200 (+56.3%)	$228,400 → $418,400 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,167 (+16.7%)

Cape Meares

Population

80189

Median household income

$86,250$90,338

Median home value

$483,300$755,200

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)

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	3.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	20.4%
55 to 64	4.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	27.0%	16.0%
75 and over	48.7%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	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	3.2%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	8.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	37.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
Drove alone	26.9%	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	73.1%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape Meares	Nehalem
Poverty rate	1.6%	4.0%
Average household size	1.75	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1979	1982