Neahkahnie vs Nehalem

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

Neahkahnie and Nehalem 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 225 in Nehalem). Neahkahnie has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $69,464 in Nehalem). Neahkahnie has the higher median home value ($1,103,400 vs $418,400 in Nehalem).

Population, income & housing

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
Population	300	225
Median age	65.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$69,464
Median home value	$1,103,400	$418,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,167
Housing units	321	148
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
Population	170 → 300 (+76.5%)	355 → 225 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$66,500 → $92,500 (+39.1%)	$58,393 → $69,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$1,055,200 → $1,103,400 (+4.6%)	$228,400 → $418,400 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,167 (+16.7%)

Neahkahnie

Population

170300

Median household income

$66,500$92,500

Median home value

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

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)

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.4%
55 to 64	28.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	56.3%	16.0%
75 and over	7.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	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	18.7%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	5.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	42.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
Drove alone	56.6%	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	43.4%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
1-unit, detached	83.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	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

	Neahkahnie	Nehalem
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.0%
Average household size	1.79	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1980	1982