Living in Bayside Gardens, OR
Bayside Gardens is a small town of 1,128 people in Tillamook County, Oregon. It's about 55 miles from Longview, WA and 62 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 67°F and winter highs 51°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $388k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,128people
$388kTypical home
$1,246/moRent
67° / 51°Summer / winter
1"Snow
176Sunny days
187Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,128
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,138 people per sq mi
- 62 mi to Portland, OR
- 55 mi to Longview, WA
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $388k (≈$2,445/mo)
- Median rent $1,246/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 67°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 187 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (873 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 12% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 64 mi to PDX airport
- 64 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 103 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 72 ft
- Right on the coast
- 231 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 108 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 32 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 26% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 48 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 18 mi to the nearest vet
- 33 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 41 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tillamook County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.