Oceanside vs Wheeler

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

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

Wheeler has the higher population (469 vs 423 in Oceanside). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($77,586 vs $56,333 in Wheeler). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($575,400 vs $412,200 in Wheeler).

Population, income & housing

	Oceanside	Wheeler
Population	423	469
Median age	64.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,586	$56,333
Median home value	$575,400	$412,200
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	623	301
Homeownership rate	95.1%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceanside	Wheeler
Population	546 → 423 (-22.5%)	357 → 469 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$85,156 → $77,586 (-8.9%)	$36,000 → $56,333 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$450,000 → $575,400 (+27.9%)	$281,800 → $412,200 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $933 (+45.3%)

Oceanside

Population

546423

Median household income

$85,156$77,586

Median home value

$450,000$575,400

Wheeler

Population

357469

Median household income

$36,000$56,333

Median home value

$281,800$412,200

Median gross rent

$642$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oceanside	Wheeler
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	4.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	27.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	34.3%	20.3%
75 and over	9.0%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceanside	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceanside	Wheeler
No high school diploma	4.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	1.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceanside	Wheeler
Drove alone	73.0%	62.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceanside	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	76.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Oceanside	Wheeler
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.2%
Average household size	1.87	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1995	1955