Yachats is home to 979 people in Oregon. The median age is 68.7, about 30 years above the US median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 60% of adults have a four-year degree. The population has risen by half since 2000, adding 362 people. The average commute runs 12 minutes. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $67,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 68.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
60% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 52%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Yachats
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree26.8% → 59.9%(+33.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$228,247 → $557,500(+144%)US over the same years: +67%
White share97.8% → 90.9%(−6.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.1%(19)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.6%(54)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.3%(45)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II10.5%(18)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 171 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Yachats, decade by decade
Yachats population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
550
$56,802
$228,247
26.8%
5.4
2000
617
$58,854
$365,788
40.3%
14.7
2010
690
$52,475
$460,774
35.3%
19.3
2020
994
$61,814
$458,030
49.1%
28.9
2024
979
$67,125
$557,500
59.9%
21.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
