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Clatsop County

Population in July 2007: 994.
Males: 518  (52.2%)
Females: 476  (47.8%)

Median resident age:  44.4 years
Oregon median age:  36.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,014 (it was $38,092 in 2000)
Jewell:  $48,014
Oregon:  $48,730

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $220,221 (it was $120,100 in 2000)
Jewell:  $220,221
Oregon:  $257,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $262,212; Detached houses: $304,692; Townhouses or other attached units: $347,388; Mobile homes: $108,550

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Races in Jewell:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
  • Two or more races (3.0%)
  • Hispanic (1.2%)
  • Other race (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Jewell: 88.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 680 feet

Land area: 299.8 square miles.

Population density: 3.3 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Jewell

  • High school or higher: 84.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
  • Unemployed: 9.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 38.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Jewell CCD

  • Never married: 13.9%
  • Now married: 63.0%
  • Separated: 0.3%
  • Widowed: 7.6%
  • Divorced: 15.5%

21 residents are foreign born (2.2% Latin America).

This place:  2.2%
Oregon:  8.5%

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

Jewell:  0.8% ($910)
Oregon:  1.2% ($1,687)
Jewell satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hillsboro, OR (39.3 miles , pop. 70,186).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Portland, OR (51.3 miles , pop. 529,121).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (861.1 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Knappa-Brownsmead, OR (4.2 miles ), Vernonia, OR (4.2 miles ), Seaside, OR (4.3 miles ), Cannon Beach, OR (4.4 miles ), Gearhart, OR (4.4 miles ), Nehalem, OR (4.5 miles ), Wheeler, OR (4.6 miles ), Puget Island, WA (4.6 miles ).

Latitude: 45.89 N, Longitude: 123.56 W

Area code: 503

Jewell household income distribution Jewell home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (25%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Paper (3%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (23%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Carpenters (10%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)



Hospitals/medical centers near Jewell:
  • PROVIDENCE SEASIDE HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; SEASIDE, OR)
  • COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; ASTORIA, OR)
  • TILLAMOOK COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 33 miles; TILLAMOOK, OR)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Jewell:
  • LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 34 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,237)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 45 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
  • CLARK COLLEGE (about 47 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; FT enrollment: 5,106)
  • GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; NEWBERG, OR; FT enrollment: 2,032)
  • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
  • LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 52 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
  • MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; GRESHAM, OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)

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Notable locations in Jewell: Camp McGregor (A), Camp Olson (B), Vesper (C), Vesper School (D), Jewell Junction (E), Pope Corner (F), Buster Camp (G), Sterling Forest Station (H), Sunset Safety Rest Area (I), Doctor Rankins Place (J), Tideport (K). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Jewell Cemetery (1), Sunny Hill Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Lost Lake (A), Bloom Lake (B), Spruce Run Lake (C), Fishhawk Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Klines Creek (A), Military Creek (B), Moores Creek (C), Kale Creek (D), Nelson Creek (E), North Fork Rock Creek (F), Northrup Creek (G), Olson Creek (H), Osweg Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Jewell include: David Douglas County Park (1), Jewell Meadows State Wildlife Management Area (2), Nehalem County Park (3), Saddle Mountain State Park (4), Sunset Highway State Park (5), Howard Rierson Spruce Run County Park (6), Fishhawk Falls - Lee Wooden County Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Oregon:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  49.7%
Whole state:  65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.9%
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: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  9.4%
Whole state:  11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  5.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Jewell, OR



Jewell compared to Oregon state average:
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School






2004 Presidential Election results in Clatsop County Oregon:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Wood (48%)
  • Electricity (30%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Other fuel (2%)
  • Utility gas (1%)


Religon statistics for Jewell

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsConservative Baptist Association of AmericaChristian Churches and Churches of Christ
Adherents18.3%16.7%11.4%8.8%8.7%
Congregations8.0%8.0%6.0%8.0%6.0%
NameAssemblies of GodUnited Methodist ChurchEpiscopal ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Other religions
Adherents6.4%5.0%5.0%4.2%15.5%
Congregations10.0%6.0%4.0%6.0%38.0%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


8.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,037 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.71%
Oregon average:  8.89%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($181 average AGI)
Clatsop County:  0.08%
Oregon average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Multnomah County, OR  0.78% ($38,526 average AGI)
from Washington County, OR  0.62% ($48,688)
from Columbia County, OR  0.30% ($32,216)


8.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,212 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.09%
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 Multnomah County, OR  0.78% ($30,333 average AGI)
to Washington County, OR  0.61% ($32,197)
to Clackamas County, OR  0.40% ($40,204)


Strongest AM radio stations in Jewell:
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KAST (1370 AM; 10 kW; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KKAD (1550 AM; 50 kW; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-WASHINGTON, INC)
  • KKSN (1520 AM; 50 kW; OREGON CITY, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KSWB (840 AM; 1 kW; SEASIDE, OR; Owner: CANNON BEACH RADIO)

Strongest FM radio stations in Jewell:
  • K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • KCBZ (94.9 FM; CANNON BEACH, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
  • K289AC (105.7 FM; NEDONNA BEACH, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
  • K273AI (102.5 FM; ARIEL, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K228DT (93.5 FM; HAPPY HOLLOW, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
  • KMUN (91.9 FM; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • KWYA (89.7 FM; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KRQT (107.1 FM; CASTLE ROCK, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • KMNT (102.9 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KTIL-FM (94.1 FM; TILLAMOOK, OR; Owner: OREGON EAGLE, INC.)
  • KDEP (105.5 FM; DEPOE BAY, OR; Owner: ALEXANDRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KINK (101.9 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KKCW (103.3 FM; BEAVERTON, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KRVO (105.9 FM; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KPDQ-FM (93.7 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF OREGON, INC.)
  • KOPB-FM (91.5 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
  • KKRZ (100.3 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KAST-FM (92.9 FM; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KMHD (89.1 FM; GRESHAM, OR; Owner: MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT)
  • KVMX (107.5 FM; BANKS, OR; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)



FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2
  • Fish & Wildlife Hdqtrs Jewell Meadows Recreation Area, Structure height: 7 m, Call Sign: WPAF800, Licensee ID: L00458641
    Assigned Frequencies : 0.53000 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/20/2002, Expiration Date: 08/06/2012
    Registrant: State Of Oregon, 79878 Highway 202, Seaside, OR 97138, Phone: (503) 755-2264, Fax: (503) 755-0706, Email:
  • Jewell Meadows 1.5 Mi Nw, Call Sign: KFK329
    Assigned Frequencies : 151.190 MHz, 151.220 MHz, 151.460 MHz, 151.490 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/24/2005, Expiration Date: 08/23/2015
    Registrant: Oregon Dept Of Forestry, 2600 State St, Salem, OR 97310, Phone: (503) 945-7326, Fax: (503) 945-7320

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • JEWELL, Hwy 202, Overall height: 53 m, Call Sign: WPJE774
    Assigned Frequencies : 10715.0 MHz
    Grant Date: 01/17/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
    Registrant: Phone: (360) 905-6839


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 1

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