Garibaldi vs Rockaway Beach

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

Garibaldi 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 769 in Garibaldi). Rockaway Beach has the higher median household income ($55,188 vs $52,372 in Garibaldi). Rockaway Beach has the higher median home value ($341,100 vs $307,600 in Garibaldi).

Population, income & housing

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
Population	769	1,577
Median age	55.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,372	$55,188
Median home value	$307,600	$341,100
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,308
Housing units	518	1,842
Homeownership rate	73.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
Population	797 → 769 (-3.5%)	1,166 → 1,577 (+35.2%)
Median household income	$46,696 → $52,372 (+12.2%)	$45,781 → $55,188 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$261,700 → $307,600 (+17.5%)	$206,000 → $341,100 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,047 → $1,094 (+4.5%)	$799 → $1,308 (+63.7%)

Garibaldi

Population

797769

Median household income

$46,696$52,372

Median home value

$261,700$307,600

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,094

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)

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	1.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.9%	18.7%
75 and over	15.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	7.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	39.2%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	73.4%	66.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	29.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	75.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Garibaldi	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1968	1985