Pacific City vs Rockaway Beach

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

Pacific City and Rockaway Beach are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pacific City has the higher population (1,638 vs 1,577 in Rockaway Beach). Pacific City has the higher median household income ($88,044 vs $55,188 in Rockaway Beach). Pacific City has the higher median home value ($518,800 vs $341,100 in Rockaway Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
Population	1,638	1,577
Median age	55.5 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,044	$55,188
Median home value	$518,800	$341,100
Median gross rent	$1,226	$1,308
Housing units	1,547	1,842
Homeownership rate	67.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
Population	1,076 → 1,638 (+52.2%)	1,166 → 1,577 (+35.2%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $88,044 (+47.8%)	$45,781 → $55,188 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$222,100 → $518,800 (+133.6%)	$206,000 → $341,100 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,226 (+4.0%)	$799 → $1,308 (+63.7%)

Pacific City

Population

1,0761,638

Median household income

$59,583$88,044

Median home value

$222,100$518,800

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,226

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)

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
Under 5	5.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	3.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	21.9%	18.7%
75 and over	13.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	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	3.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	21.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	54.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
Drove alone	58.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.8%
Public transit	8.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	29.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
1-unit, detached	91.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Pacific City	Rockaway Beach
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1994	1985