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Cannon Beach is a small town of 1,361 people in Clatsop County, Oregon. It's about 51 miles from Longview, WA and 68 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 66°F and winter highs 51°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $823k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,361people
$823kTypical home
$1,126/moRent
66° / 51°Summer / winter
0"Snow
176Sunny days
182Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,361
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 870 people per sq mi
- 68 mi to Portland, OR
- 51 mi to Longview, WA
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $823k (≈$5,191/mo)
- Median rent $1,126/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 66°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 68 of 90 winter days are gray
- 182 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
- Very low violent crime (149 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,714 per 100k)
People
- Median age 62
- 10% of households have kids
- 34% are 65 or older
- 42% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 69 mi to PDX airport
- 69 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 39 ft
- Right on the coast
- 224 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 113 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 118 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 47 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 48 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 48 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clatsop County: D+11 in 2024
- Oregon: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk