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Pacific City is a small town of 1,303 people in Tillamook County, Oregon. It's about 49 miles from Salem, OR and 67 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 69°F and winter highs 52°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $466k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,303people
$466kTypical home
$1,194/moRent
69° / 52°Summer / winter
1"Snow
176Sunny days
155Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,303
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 350 people per sq mi
- 67 mi to Portland, OR
- 49 mi to Salem, OR
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $466k (≈$2,939/mo)
- Median rent $1,194/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 69°F
- Winter highs around 52°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
- 155 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 60
- 16% of households have kids
- 35% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 20% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to SLE airport
- 71 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 135 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 3 ft
- Right on the coast
- 204 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 106 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 69 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 48 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 37 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.