Brookings, Oregon

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Population (year 2000): 5,447. Estimated population in July 2006: 6,344 (+16.5% change)

Males: 2,585	(47.5%)
Females: 2,862	(52.5%)

Curry County

Median resident age:	43.1 years
Oregon median age:	36.3 years

Zip codes: 97415.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $30,700 (it was $31,656 in 2000)

Brookings	$30,700
Oregon:	$42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $172,600 (it was $145,100 in 2000)

Brookings	$172,600
Oregon:	$201,200

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Races in Brookings:

White Non-Hispanic (88.3%)
American Indian (4.8%)
Hispanic (4.7%)
Two or more races (4.0%)
Other race (1.4%)

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Ancestries: German (18.5%), Irish (13.0%), English (12.4%), United States (7.9%), French (4.2%), Scottish (3.9%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1951

Elevation: 203 feet

Land area: 2.79 square miles.

Population density: 2254 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Brookings

High school or higher: 84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
Unemployed: 5.9%
Mean travel time to work: 11.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brookings city

Never married: 12.3%
Now married: 58.5%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 11.8%
Divorced: 16.1%

201 residents are foreign born (1.3% Europe, 0.8% Latin America, 0.8% North America, 0.8% Asia).

This city:	3.7%
Oregon:	8.5%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Brookings, Oregon in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Brookings to the number of sex offenders is 6292 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brookings:	0.9% ($1,243)
Oregon:	1.1% ($1,687)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Medford, OR (99.7 miles , pop. 63,154).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (257.8 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (684.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Harbor, OR (2.5 miles ), Crescent City North, CA (21.1 miles ), Crescent City, CA (21.7 miles ), Bertsch-Oceanview, CA (22.7 miles ), Smith River-Gasquet, CA (23.3 miles ), Gold Beach, OR (25.4 miles ), Klamath, CA (40.8 miles ), Agness, OR (44.0 miles) .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 30 buildings, average cost: $122,600
1997: 49 buildings, average cost: $133,900
1998: 33 buildings, average cost: $145,600
1999: 38 buildings, average cost: $142,200
2000: 40 buildings, average cost: $142,800
2001: 40 buildings, average cost: $142,700
2002: 45 buildings, average cost: $159,600
2003: 85 buildings, average cost: $190,100
2004: 48 buildings, average cost: $207,700
2005: 44 buildings, average cost: $216,100
2006: 49 buildings, average cost: $204,500
2007: 10 buildings, average cost: $302,600

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Latitude: 42.06 N, Longitude: 124.29 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +555 (+10.2%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 1,231 (56.8%)

77 people in other group homes
69 people in nursing homes

Area code: 541

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Brookings, Oregon business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Population change in the 1990s: +1,008 (+22.7%).

Most common industries for males:

Wood products (15%)
Public administration (12%)
Construction (12%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Health care (10%)
Food and beverage stores (8%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)

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Crime in Brookings by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	2	0	0	0	0	1
per 100,000	36.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.6
Rapes	0	2	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	35.7	17.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	1	0	3	1	3	3
per 100,000	18.1	0.0	52.2	16.8	48.4	46.9
Assaults	1	2	4	4	0	2
per 100,000	18.1	35.7	69.6	67.4	0.0	31.3
Burglaries	20	22	37	20	23	22
per 100,000	361.7	392.4	644.0	336.9	371.0	343.8
Thefts	128	88	144	160	175	180
per 100,000	2315.1	1569.5	2506.5	2695.4	2822.6	2812.5
Auto thefts	6	2	6	13	18	9
per 100,000	108.5	35.7	104.4	219.0	290.3	140.6
Arson	0	3	2	0	2	1
per 100,000	0.0	53.5	34.8	0.0	32.3	15.6
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8)	208.0	128.8	197.2	167.5	176.6	199.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 20 (13 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.07
US city average:	3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Brookings:

SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; CRESCENT CITY, CA)
CURRY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; GOLD BEACH, OR)
THREE RIVERS COMM HOSP AND HEALTH CTR (about 72 miles; GRANTS PASS, OR)

Political contributions by individuals in Brookings, OR

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brookings:

JACK MC NAMARA FIELD (about 21 miles; CRESCENT CITY, CA; ID: CEC)
ARCATA (about 77 miles; ARCATA/EUREKA, CA; ID: ACV)
NORTH BEND MUNI (about 94 miles; NORTH BEND, OR; ID: OTH)

Other public-use airports nearest to Brookings:

BROOKINGS (about 1 miles; BROOKINGS, OR; ID: BOK)
GOLD BEACH MUNI (about 26 miles; GOLD BEACH, OR; ID: 4S1)
WARD FIELD (about 27 miles; GASQUET, CA; ID: 0O9)

Local government website: www.brookingsor.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brookings:

ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; GRANTS PASS, OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,289)
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS (about 88 miles; EUREKA, CA; FT enrollment: 4,071)
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; ARCATA, CA; FT enrollment: 6,800)
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 116 miles; ASHLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 4,424)
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 157 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 5,853)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (about 161 miles; EUGENE, OR; FT enrollment: 16,239)
SHASTA COLLEGE (about 166 miles; REDDING, CA; FT enrollment: 5,251)

Public high school in Brookings:

Brookings-Harbor High School (Students: 632; Location: 625 Pioneer Rd; Grades: 9 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Brookings:

Kalmiopsis Elementary School (Students: 648; Location: 650 Easy St; Grades: K - 5)
Azalea Middle School (Students: 405; Location: 505 Pacific Ave; Grades: 6 - 8)
Upper Chetco Charter School (Students: 25; Location: 99603 N Bank Chetco River Rd; Grades: 1 - 6)

Private elementary/middle school in Brookings:

CAPE FERRELO SDA SCHOOL (Students: 10; Location: 18881 CORNETT RD; Grades: 1 - 8)

Library in Brookings:

CHETCO COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $542,440; Location: 405 ALDER ST.; 45,386 books; 2,436 audio materials; 1,699 video materials; 127 serial subscriptions)

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Notable location: Chetco Ranger Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Creeks: Ransom Creek (A), Shy Creek (B), Macklyn Creek (C), Eiler Creek (D), Harris Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Brookings include: Easy Manor Park (1), Richards Street Park (2), Bud Cross Park (3), Azalea City Park (4), Bankus Fountain (5), Harris Beach State Park (6), Stout Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beach: Harris Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Brookings Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attractions: Chetco Valley Historical Society Museum (15461 Museum Road), Words & Pictures (Art Museums; 407 Oak Street), Chamber of Commerce - Brookings-Harbor (16330 Lower Harbor Road).

Hotels: Portside Suites (16220 Lower Harbor Road), Sea Dreamer Inn (15167 McVay Lane), Harbor Inn Motel (15991 Highway 101 South), Beaver State Motel (437 Chetco Av), Portside Suites & RV (16219 Lower Harbor Road), Brookings South Coast Inn B&B (516 Redwood Street), Westward Motel (1026 Chetco Ave), Bonn Motel of Brookings (1216 Chetco Avenue), Ocean Suites (16045 Lower Harbor Road).

Court: Brookings City - Administration- Municipal Court (898 Elk).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Brookings and their reported violations in the past:

BROOKINGS, CITY OF (Population served: 5680, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One minor monitoring violation

31 regular monitoring violations

OPRD LOEB STATE PARK (Population served: 278, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

WHALESHEAD BEACH RV PARK (Population served: 200, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

17 routine major monitoring violations

7 regular monitoring violations

SALMON RUN GOLF COURSE (Population served: 100, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-2004 and MAR-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-27-2004)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2003 and DEC-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-27-2004)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

8 routine major monitoring violations

One minor monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:

This city:	2.3 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	64.3%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	6.2%
Whole state:	6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	11.5%
Whole state:	11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	2.8%
Whole state:	5.0%

Brookings compared to Oregon state average:

Brookings, Oregon environmental map by EPA

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Median house value above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
Number of college students below state average.

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Banks with branches in Brookings (2007 data):

Washington Mutual Bank: Brookings Branch at 898 Chetco Avenue, branch established on 1964-06-22. Info updated 2006-10-13: Bank assets: $345,294.6 mil, Deposits: $219,019.0 mil, headquarters in Henderson, NV, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 1582 total offices
U.S. Bank National Association: Brookings Branch at 326 Fifth Street, branch established on 1954-03-22. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $217,802.3 mil, Deposits: $135,903.1 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2565 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
Evergreen Federal Savings and Loan Association: 850 Chetco Avenue Branch at 850 Chetco Avenue, branch established on 1934-06-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $304.0 mil, Deposits: $251.0 mil, headquarters in Grants Pass, OR, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices
Umpqua Bank: Brookings Branch at 16271 Highway 101 South, branch established on 1998-05-01. Info updated 2006-06-08: Bank assets: $7,333.2 mil, Deposits: $5,878.9 mil, headquarters in Roseburg, OR, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 139 total offices, Holding Company: Umpqua Holdings Corporation
Sterling Savings Bank: Brookings Branch at 721 Chetco Avenue, branch established on 1981-09-30. Info updated 2006-12-19: Bank assets: $9,550.3 mil, Deposits: $6,518.2 mil, headquarters in Spokane, WA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 175 total offices, Holding Company: Sterling Financial Corporation

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Brookings mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Curry County Oregon:

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	2	$8,260	$49,560	1	$689
Financial Administration	3	$10,178	$40,712	0	$0
Firefighters	1	$4,280	$51,360	0	$0
Streets and Highways	2	$5,066	$30,396	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	12	$41,180	$41,180	0	$0
Sewerage	5	$13,151	$31,562	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	2	$4,474	$26,844	11	$3,777
Housing and Community Development(Local)	4	$16,594	$49,782	0	$0
Water Supply	7	$21,343	$36,588	0	$0
Police - Other	6	$16,156	$32,312	1	$580
Totals for Government	44	$140,682	$38,368	13	$5,046

Brookings government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $1,379,000
All Other: $204,000

Parks & Recreation: $25,000
Construction - Water Utilities: $60,000
Sewerage: $60,000

Regular Highways: $50,000
Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,181,000
Water Utilities: $500,000

Sewerage: $358,000

Housing & Community Development: $297,000

Parks & Recreation: $224,000

Central Staff Services: $222,000

Financial Administration: $188,000

General Public Buildings: $140,000

Fire Protection: $136,000

Regular Highways: $98,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000
General - Interest on Debt: $49,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $4,420,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $820,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $4,165,000
Other, NEC: $725,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $255,000
Other, NEC: $95,000
Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $822,000
Interest Earnings: $216,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $53,000
Fire Protection: $47,000

General Public Building: $25,000

Regular Highways: $25,000

Water Utilities: $17,000

Sewerage: $17,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,917,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $478,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,000,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $257,000
General Support: $88,000

All Other: $32,000
Tax - Property: $1,655,000
NEC: $211,000

Other Selective Sales: $156,000

Public Utilities: $111,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $1,641,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $265,000

9.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,899 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.30%
Oregon average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Jackson County, OR	0.55% ($26,826 average AGI)
from Del Norte County, CA	0.51% ($38,857)
from Coos County, OR	0.45% ($28,568)

8.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,885 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.93%
Oregon average:	7.91%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Jackson County, OR	0.73% ($21,067 average AGI)
to Coos County, OR	0.70% ($41,483)
to Lane County, OR	0.48% ($39,050)

Strongest AM radio stations in Brookings:

KURY (910 AM; 1 kW; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: KURY RADIO, INC.)
KGRV (700 AM; 25 kW; WINSTON, OR; Owner: PACIFIC CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KAJO (1270 AM; 10 kW; GRANTS PASS, OR; Owner: GRANTS PASS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KFVR (1310 AM; 1 kW; CRESCENT CITY, CA)
KAPL (1300 AM; 20 kW; PHOENIX, OR; Owner: APPLEGATE MEDIA, INC.)
KPOD (1240 AM; 1 kW; CRESCENT CITY, CA; Owner: KPOD, L L C)
KWRO (630 AM; 5 kW; COQUILLE, OR; Owner: COQUILLE RIVER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KTMT (580 AM; 10 kW; ASHLAND, OR; Owner: MAPLETON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KAGI (930 AM; 5 kW; GRANTS PASS, OR; Owner: SOUTHERN OREGON STATE COLLEGE)
KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brookings:

KURY-FM (95.3 FM; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: KURY RADIO, INC.)
K292EV (106.3 FM; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: CURRY CTY COMMITTEE FOR CHRSTN RADIO)
KGBR (92.7 FM; GOLD BEACH, OR; Owner: ST. MARIE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KCNA (102.7 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, OR; Owner: OPUS BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
K280BK (91.7 FM; SELMA, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K218DP (91.5 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K267AD (101.3 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, ETC., OR; Owner: STEVEN R. PORTER)
K283AE (104.5 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, OR; Owner: GRANTS PASS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
K203CI (88.5 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, OR; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
K249BS (97.7 FM; GRANTS PASS, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K208CC (89.5 FM; CAVE JUNCTION, OR; Owner: SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY)
K216EC (91.1 FM; HAPPY CAMP, CA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
K204CL (88.7 FM; SMITH RIVER, CA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
K216AK (91.1 FM; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY)
KHSR (91.9 FM; CRESCENT CITY, CA; Owner: HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY KHSU-FM)

TV broadcast stations around Brookings:

K57GP (Channel 57; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
K22DS (Channel 22; CRESCENT CITY, ETC., CA; Owner: CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC.)
K07JT (Channel 7; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: CALIFORNIA OREGON BROADCASTING, INC.)
K10LR (Channel 10; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF OREGON, INC.)
K28CU (Channel 28; FORT DICK, CA; Owner: SODA MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
KBSC-LP (Channel 49; BROOKINGS, OR; Owner: OREGON COAST TELEVISION NETWORK, INC.)
K18EP (Channel 18; BROOKINGS, ETC., OR; Owner: SOUTHERN OREGON PUBLIC TV, INC.)

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