Demographics of Brookings city, Oregon

Brookings city, Oregon had 6,431 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −327 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Brookings city, in four figures

6,431
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 6,703 ±24.; −4.8%
Change since July 2020: −327 people.; 50.6 ±7.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $74,933 ±$10,226
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Brookings city, Oregon's population shrank 4.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Brookings city, Oregon's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Brookings city, Oregon's population shrank 4.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Brookings city, Oregon's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	6,758	100.0	100.0
2021	6,811	100.8	100.2
2022	6,762	100.1	100.7
2023	6,643	98.3	101.6
2024	6,499	96.2	102.5
2025	6,431	95.2	103.1

Population of Brookings city, Oregon on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	6,758	—
2021	6,811	+53
2022	6,762	−49
2023	6,643	−119
2024	6,499	−144
2025	6,431	−68

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 50.6 ±7.3: for men 54.6 ±9.9 and for women 47.7 ±8.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Brookings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Oregon	United States
Under 5	314 ±133	4.7% ±2.0	4.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	859 ±257	12.8% ±3.8	15.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	72 to 274	1.1% to 4.1%	8.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,787 ±369	26.7% ±5.5	28.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,797 ±388	26.8% ±5.8	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,773 ±365	26.5% ±5.4	19.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $74,933 ±$10,226, and income per person $41,413 ±$4,823, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,011 ±$573 in Oregon and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Brookings city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Oregon	United States
Under $25,000	397 ±185	13.3% ±6.1	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	592 ±241	19.8% ±8.0	16.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	507 ±222	17.0% ±7.3	15.4% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	414 ±169	13.9% ±5.6	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	548 ±224	18.3% ±7.4	18.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	119 to 383	4.0% to 12.8%	10.1% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	104 to 452	3.5% to 15.1%	12.7% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Brookings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Oregon	United States
All ages	1,120 ±440	16.9% ±6.7	11.9% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	242 to 720	41.6% ±16.9	13.2% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	470 ±215	14.6% ±6.2	12.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	0 to 363	0% to 16.0%	10.8% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Brookings city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Brookings city	Oregon	United States
Housing units	3,296 ±234	1,857,992 ±637	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.6% ±8.9	92.5% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.4% ±3.9	7.5% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.8% ±6.6	63.3% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.2% ±7.3	36.7% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$446,700 ±$46,922	$477,600 ±$1,400	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,415 ±$99	$1,525 ±$10	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1988 ±4	1981 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Brookings city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Oregon	United States
Hispanic or Latino	724 ±247	10.8% ±3.7	14.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,421 ±314	80.9% ±4.7	71.4% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 5	0% to 0.1%	1.8% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	52 to 164	0.8% to 2.4%	4.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 98	0% to 1.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 4	0% to 0.1%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	176 to 634	2.6% to 9.5%	6.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Brookings city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Oregon	United States
Born in the state	1,678 ±346	25.0% ±5.2	45.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,552 ±389	67.9% ±5.8	43.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	7 to 165	0.1% to 2.5%	1.3% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	189 to 585	2.8% to 8.7%	9.8% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	72 to 384	1.1% to 5.7%	4.9% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	52 to 266	0.8% to 4.0%	5.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Brookings city among the places of Oregon

91st of 105 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Oregon page.

Places of Oregon near Brookings city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Seaside city	7,192 ±28
Milton-Freewater city	7,036 ±36
Garden Home-Whitford CDP	6,979 ±820
Junction City city	6,947 ±40
Raleigh Hills CDP	6,744 ±938
Brookings city	6,703 ±24
West Slope CDP	6,582 ±686
Sheridan city	6,339 ±27
Warrenton city	6,327 ±18
Talent city	6,254 ±25
Deschutes River Woods CDP	5,797 ±826

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Oregon by median age
No. 1 Places in Oregon by poverty rate
No. 22 Places in Oregon by homeownership rate
No. 25 Places in Oregon by per capita income
No. 29 Places in Oregon by median home value
No. 30 Places in Oregon by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026