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Population (year 2000): 1,267. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,308 (+3.2% change)
Males: 623 (49.2%), Females: 644 (50.8%)
Tillamook County
Zip code:
97136
Median resident age: 52.5 years
Median household income: $28,798 (year 2000)
Median house value: $149,300 (year 2000)
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%)
Ancestries: German (24.9%), English (16.7%),
Irish (14.0%), United States (5.3%), Swedish (5.1%), Norwegian
(4.3%).
Elevation: 16 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
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%
1.7% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +293 (+30.1%).
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 40 miles; ASTORIA,
OR)
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 71 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
Full-time enrollment: 2,032)
- WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; MONMOUTH,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
- LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 77 miles; LONGVIEW,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; SALEM, OR; FT
enrollment: 2,325)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 84 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
- OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; CORVALLIS,
OR; FT enrollment: 15,404)
Public high school in Rockaway Beach:
- NEAH-KAH-NIE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
408; Location: 24705 HWY 101 N; Grades: 07 - 12)
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