Fairview vs Oceanside

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Oceanside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (523 vs 423 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($77,586 vs $45,321 in Fairview). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($575,400 vs $269,300 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Oceanside
Population	523	423
Median age	32.0 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,321	$77,586
Median home value	$269,300	$575,400
Median gross rent	$888	—
Housing units	304	623
Homeownership rate	66.8%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Oceanside
Population	594 → 523 (-12.0%)	546 → 423 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$29,783 → $45,321 (+52.2%)	$85,156 → $77,586 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$190,900 → $269,300 (+41.1%)	$450,000 → $575,400 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $888 (+4.5%)	—

Fairview

Population

594523

Median household income

$29,783$45,321

Median home value

$190,900$269,300

Median gross rent

$850$888

Oceanside

Population

546423

Median household income

$85,156$77,586

Median home value

$450,000$575,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Oceanside
Under 5	13.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	26.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	4.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	2.3%	27.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	34.3%
75 and over	9.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	100.0%
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	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Oceanside
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	1.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Oceanside
Drove alone	84.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	27.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	55.6%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Oceanside
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.12	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1981	1995