Living in Ocean Park, WA
Ocean Park is a small town of 2,122 people in Pacific County, Washington. It's about 57 miles from Longview, WA and 94 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 49°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $351k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,122people
$351kTypical home
$1,349/moRent
68° / 49°Summer / winter
1"Snow
116Sunny days
211Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,122
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 701 people per sq mi
- 94 mi to Portland, OR
- 57 mi to Longview, WA
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $351k (≈$2,210/mo)
- Median rent $1,349/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 116 sunny days a year (27 totally clear)
- 249 cloudy days a year
- 75 of 90 winter days are gray
- 211 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 (28 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (585 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 64
- 12% of households have kids
- 41% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 63 mi to OLM airport
- 93 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 68 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 52 ft
- Right on the coast
- 200 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 124 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 28 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 20 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 48 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 20% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 66 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pacific County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Washington: D+18 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