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Gearhart, OR

1,959 Population
1.9 square miles 1,048.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 45.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oregon: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$46,407 ±$7,760 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: $40,991 ±$2,919
  • a little higher than the amount in Oregon: $44,063 ±$304
$85,966 ±$13,594 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: $68,705 ±$3,596
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $80,426 ±$573

7.5% ±4.6% (146  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 12.3% † 5,038 (±1.5% / ±630)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 494,736 (±0.2% / ±9,639)

14.4 minutes ±5.5 (10,030  ±2,285) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 22 353,110 (±1.8 / ±33,237)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Oregon: 23.2 38,743,040 (±0.1 / ±274,387)

Families

795 ±121 Number of households
  • the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 18,095 ±473
  • Oregon: 1,701,548 ±3,556
2.5 ±0.3 (1,959  ±378) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 2.2 40,552 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,141,889

2.1% ±2.3% (8  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 7.4% † 613 (±2.7% / ±228)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 4.5% 44,255 (±0.2% / ±2,165)

Housing

1,466 ±151 Number of housing units
  • the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 23,251 ±90
  • Oregon: 1,838,631 ±399

$522,100 ±$55,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: $437,800 ±$12,262
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oregon: $454,200 ±$1,608

10% ±3.9% (196  ±84.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 14.6% † 5,993 (±2.2% / ±919.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oregon: 14.5% 610,128 (±0.2% / ±10,003.6)

Social

94.4% ±20.2% (1,377  ±187) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 92.8% 28,868 (±3.8% / ±1,195.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oregon: 91.7% 2,770,789 (±0.4% / ±13,166.6)
41.5% ±3.6% (606  ±113.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 26.3% 8,177 (±1.9% / ±577.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oregon: 36.2% 1,094,312 (±0.3% / ±8,357.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±2.8% (69  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 4.1% 1,700
  • about one-third of the rate in Oregon: 9.7% 410,791

11.8% ±4.5% (184  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Astoria, OR Micro Area: 10.6% † 3,548 (±1.2% / ±398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 7.5% 252,530 (±0.1% / ±3,559)
184 Total veterans ±77 184 Male ±77 N/A Female ±13

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