Coos County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Coos County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

Coos County and Lincoln County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coos County has the higher population (64,832 vs 50,632 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($61,314 vs $60,313 in Coos County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($387,700 vs $302,800 in Coos County).

Population, income & housing

	Coos County	Lincoln County
Population	64,832	50,632
Median age	48.6 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$61,314
Median home value	$302,800	$387,700
Median gross rent	$992	$1,150
Housing units	31,698	32,373
Homeownership rate	70.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coos County	Lincoln County
Population	63,686 → 64,832 (+1.8%)	48,547 → 50,632 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$45,051 → $60,313 (+33.9%)	$47,882 → $61,314 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$198,100 → $302,800 (+52.9%)	$251,200 → $387,700 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $992 (+21.3%)	$924 → $1,150 (+24.5%)

Coos County

Population

63,68664,832

Median household income

$45,051$60,313

Median home value

$198,100$302,800

Median gross rent

$818$992

Lincoln County

Population

48,54750,632

Median household income

$47,882$61,314

Median home value

$251,200$387,700

Median gross rent

$924$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coos County	Lincoln County
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	19.9%
75 and over	10.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coos County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coos County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coos County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	76.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	13.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coos County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Coos County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	15.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1981