Rockaway Beach, Oregon

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Population (year 2000): 1,267. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,336 (+5.4% change)

Males: 623	(49.2%)
Females: 644	(50.8%)

Tillamook County

Median resident age:	52.5 years
Oregon median age:	36.3 years

Zip codes: 97136.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,900 (it was $28,798 in 2000)

Rockaway Beach	$27,900
Oregon:	$42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $177,600 (it was $149,300 in 2000)

Rockaway Beach	$177,600
Oregon:	$201,200

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Races in Rockaway Beach:

White Non-Hispanic (94.8%)
American Indian (2.2%)
Hispanic (2.0%)
Two or more races (1.7%)
Other race (0.7%)

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Ancestries: German (24.9%), English (16.7%), Irish (14.0%), United States (5.3%), Swedish (5.1%), Norwegian (4.3%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 16 feet

Land area: 1.54 square miles.

Population density: 846 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Rockaway Beach

High school or higher: 82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
Unemployed: 6.0%
Mean travel time to work: 22.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rockaway Beach city

Never married: 15.4%
Now married: 57.8%
Separated: 2.1%
Widowed: 9.2%
Divorced: 15.5%

22 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.7%
Oregon:	8.5%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Rockaway Beach, Oregon in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rockaway Beach to the number of sex offenders is 1306 to 1.

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

Rockaway Beach:	0.7% ($990)
Oregon:	1.1% ($1,687)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hillsboro, OR (68.9 miles , pop. 70,186).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Portland, OR (89.6 miles , pop. 529,121).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (884.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Garibaldi, OR (4.2 miles ), Wheeler, OR (6.5 miles ), Manzanita, OR (7.3 miles ), Bay City, OR (7.4 miles ), Nehalem, OR (7.7 miles ), Cape Meares, OR (7.8 miles) , Oceanside, OR (10.9 miles ), Netarts, OR (12.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 10 buildings, average cost: $85,400
1997: 19 buildings, average cost: $88,400
1998: 18 buildings, average cost: $88,000
1999: 19 buildings, average cost: $95,000
2000: 15 buildings, average cost: $106,200
2001: 17 buildings, average cost: $142,600
2002: 9 buildings, average cost: $127,000
2003: 17 buildings, average cost: $138,300
2004: 38 buildings, average cost: $113,300
2005: 56 buildings, average cost: $127,400
2006: 100 buildings, average cost: $127,800
2007: 41 buildings, average cost: $139,800

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Latitude: 45.61 N, Longitude: 123.94 W

2 people in religious group quarters

Area code commonly used in this area: 503

Rockaway Beach household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +293 (+30.1%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Wood products (8%)
Educational services (7%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Food (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (23%)
Food (8%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Health care (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
Construction laborers (4%)
Carpenters (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Waiters and waitresses (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

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Crime in Rockaway Beach by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	2	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	153.4	78.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	1	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	77.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	4	1	0	1	3	1
per 100,000	311.0	76.7	0.0	78.6	231.3	75.2
Burglaries	19	16	35	31	18	25
per 100,000	1477.4	1227.0	2732.2	2435.2	1387.8	1881.1
Thefts	46	46	35	48	43	37
per 100,000	3577.0	3527.6	2732.2	3770.6	3315.3	2784.0
Auto thefts	1	2	1	1	2	2
per 100,000	77.8	153.4	78.1	78.6	154.2	150.5
Arson	0	1	0	1	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	76.7	0.0	78.6	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8)	338.3	377.3	369.2	343.3	288.4	270.1

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.53
US city average:	3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Rockaway Beach:

TILLAMOOK COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; TILLAMOOK, OR)
PROVIDENCE SEASIDE HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; SEASIDE, OR)
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; ASTORIA, OR)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rockaway Beach:

ASTORIA REGIONAL (about 38 miles; ASTORIA, OR; ID: AST)
MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 64 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR; ID: MMV)
NEWPORT MUNI (about 73 miles; NEWPORT, OR; ID: ONP)

Other public-use airports nearest to Rockaway Beach:

NEHALEM BAY STATE (about 6 miles; MANZANITA, OR; ID: 3S7)
TILLAMOOK (about 17 miles; TILLAMOOK, OR; ID: S47)
SEASIDE MUNICIPAL (about 27 miles; SEASIDE, OR; ID: 56S)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rockaway Beach:

GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; NEWBERG, OR; Full-time enrollment: 2,032)
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; MONMOUTH, OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 77 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 84 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; CORVALLIS, OR; FT enrollment: 15,404)
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)

Public high school in Rockaway Beach:

Neah-Kah-Nie High School (Students: 255; Location: 24705 Hwy 101 N; Grades: 9 - 12; Our rating: 99)

Public elementary/middle school in Rockaway Beach:

Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School (Students: 152; Location: 25111 Hwy 101N; Grades: 6 - 8; Our rating: 64)

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Lakes: Lytle, Lake (A), Seaview Lake (B), Marie, Lake (C), Clear Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Saltair Creek (A), Spring Creek (B), Steinhilber Creek (C), Heitmiller Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Rockaway Beach include: Manhattan Beach State Park (1), Twin Rocks County Park (2), Rockaway Beach State Park (3), Rockaway Beach City Park (4), Seaview City Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

Hotels: OceanRogue Inn (19130 Alder Street), Inn at Rockaway Beach (104 South 4th Avenue), Salt Air Oceanfront Condominiums (621 South Pacific Drive), Rock Creek Inn Condo Rentals (145 North Miller Street), Sea Treasures Inn (301 North Miller Street), Getaway Oceanfront Lodging (621 South Pacific Drive), Ocean Spray Motel (505 North Pacific Street).

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

TWIN ROCKS CONFERENCE ASSN. (Population served: 300, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

4 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.0 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	58.1%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.0%
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: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	10.8%
Whole state:	11.6%

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

This city:	3.5%
Whole state:	5.0%

Rockaway Beach compared to Oregon state average:

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

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Educational Attainment

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2004 Presidential Election results in Tillamook County Oregon:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		1	$299
Water Supply	2	$12,870	$77,220	0	$0
Sewerage	2	$10,382	$62,292	0	$0
Streets and Highways	0	$0		2	$2,777
Firefighters	0	$0		15	$500
Police Protection - Officers	3	$11,608	$46,432	0	$0
Other Government Administration	3	$9,512	$38,048	0	$0
Financial Administration	2	$4,962	$29,772	0	$0
Totals for Government	12	$49,334	$49,334	18	$3,576

8.80% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,585 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.80%
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 Washington County, OR	0.86% ($73,727 average AGI)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.84% ($80,147)
from Clackamas County, OR	0.55% ($44,612)

8.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,040 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 Washington County, OR	0.80% ($41,056 average AGI)
to Multnomah County, OR	0.77% ($45,941)
to Clackamas County, OR	0.37% ($27,667)

Strongest AM radio stations in Rockaway Beach:

KMBD (1590 AM; 5 kW; TILLAMOOK, OR; Owner: OREGON EAGLE, INC.)
KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KAST (1370 AM; 10 kW; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
KKSN (1520 AM; 50 kW; OREGON CITY, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
KKAD (1550 AM; 50 kW; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-WASHINGTON, INC)
KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rockaway Beach:

K289AC (105.7 FM; NEDONNA BEACH, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
KDEP (105.5 FM; DEPOE BAY, OR; Owner: ALEXANDRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KTIL-FM (94.1 FM; TILLAMOOK, OR; Owner: OREGON EAGLE, INC.)
K228DT (93.5 FM; HAPPY HOLLOW, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
KCBZ (94.9 FM; CANNON BEACH, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
KMUN (91.9 FM; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
KWYA (89.7 FM; ASTORIA, OR; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
KCRX-FM (102.3 FM; SEASIDE, OR; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
KCYS (98.1 FM; SEASIDE, OR; Owner: DAVE'S BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
K216DM (91.1 FM; NEHALEM, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
K208BA (89.5 FM; WHEELER, ETC., OR; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)

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