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Gearhart is a small town of 1,978 people in Clatsop County, Oregon. It's about 46 miles from Longview, WA and 70 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 $688k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,978people
$688kTypical home
$1,093/moRent
66° / 51°Summer / winter
0"Snow
169Sunny days
183Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,978
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,058 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Portland, OR
- 46 mi to Longview, WA
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $688k (≈$4,339/mo)
- Median rent $1,093/mo
- Median household income $92k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 66°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 183 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 (210 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,898 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 22% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 71 mi to PDX airport
- 71 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 85 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 30 ft
- Right on the coast
- 215 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 115 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 113 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 44 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Oregon districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 53 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