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Tillamook is a big small town of 5,218 people in Tillamook County, Oregon. It's about 54 miles from Salem, OR and 58 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 52°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $299k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,218people
$299kTypical home
$1,241/moRent
68° / 52°Summer / winter
0"Snow
176Sunny days
197Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,218
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,741 people per sq mi
- 58 mi to Portland, OR
- 54 mi to Salem, OR
- 35 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $299k (≈$1,884/mo)
- Median rent $1,241/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 52°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
- 197 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
- About average violent crime (324 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,953 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 34% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to SLE airport
- 60 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 117 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1948
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 30 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 216 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 100 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Oregon districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 42 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 34 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 36 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