What is the population of Coos Bay city?

Coos Bay city has 15,867 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Coos Bay city?

Median household income in Coos Bay city is $55,292 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Coos Bay city?

Median gross rent is $986 a month and the median home value is $272,100, so rent absorbs about 21.4% of median household income.

Is Coos Bay city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Coos Bay city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Coos Bay, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos Bay, OR — Census place “Coos Bay city”) is 15,867 residents, ranking #46 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $55,292, the median home is worth $272,100 and median gross rent runs $986 a month. Looking for the Coos Bay Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Coos Bay, OR: 97420.

Population: 15,867Coos Bay city residents
Median household income: $55,292Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $272,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $986Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61%Owner-occupied households

Coos Bay ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Coos Bay.

The Coos Bay OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97420

What the numbers mean in Coos Bay city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Coos Bay city median would spend about 21.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 61% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Coos Bay city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Coos Bay city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 15,867 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #46 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Coos Bay city earn a median of $55,292 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Coos Bay city is valued at $272,100, 10.3% below the national figure and 28% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $986 a month, 29.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,832 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Coos Bay city?: Coos Bay city has 15,867 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Coos Bay city?: Median household income in Coos Bay city is $55,292 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Coos Bay city?: Median gross rent is $986 a month and the median home value is $272,100, so rent absorbs about 21.4% of median household income.
Is Coos Bay city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Coos Bay city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Coos Bay city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.