Netarts vs Rockaway Beach

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

Netarts 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 805 in Netarts). Netarts has the higher median household income ($82,333 vs $55,188 in Rockaway Beach). Netarts has the higher median home value ($417,400 vs $341,100 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
Population	805	1,577
Median age	60.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,333	$55,188
Median home value	$417,400	$341,100
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,308
Housing units	951	1,842
Homeownership rate	75.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
Population	778 → 805 (+3.5%)	1,166 → 1,577 (+35.2%)
Median household income	$60,893 → $82,333 (+35.2%)	$45,781 → $55,188 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$267,200 → $417,400 (+56.2%)	$206,000 → $341,100 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,260 (+13.9%)	$799 → $1,308 (+63.7%)

Netarts

Population

778805

Median household income

$60,893$82,333

Median home value

$267,200$417,400

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,260

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)

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	2.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	4.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	30.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	31.7%	18.7%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	0.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	88.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	29.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	70.8%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Netarts	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	1.7%	7.4%
Average household size	1.96	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1992	1985