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Population (year 2000): 391. Estimated
population in July 2005: 395 (+1.0% change)
Males: 185 (47.3%), Females: 206 (52.7%)
Tillamook County
Zip code:
97147
Median resident age: 50.0 years
Median household income: $29,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $144,400 (year 2000)
Races in Wheeler:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.1%)
- Hispanic (2.8%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Korean (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
Ancestries: English (25.6%), German (16.9%),
United States (15.3%), Irish (11.3%), Dutch (7.7%), French
(6.4%).
Elevation: 18 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wheeler
- High school or higher: 79.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.8%
- Unemployed: 1.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wheeler city
- Never married: 16.6%
- Now married: 54.3%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 14.9%
- Divorced: 11.7%
4.1% Foreign born (2.3% Europe, 1.5% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +47 (+13.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wheeler:
- TILLAMOOK COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
TILLAMOOK, OR)
- PROVIDENCE SEASIDE HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
SEASIDE, OR)
- COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; ASTORIA,
OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wheeler:
- ASTORIA REGIONAL (about 32 miles; ASTORIA, OR; ID:
AST)
- MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 63 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR;
ID: MMV)
- NEWPORT MUNI (about 78 miles; NEWPORT, OR; ID: ONP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wheeler:
- NEHALEM BAY STATE (about 3 miles; MANZANITA, OR; ID:
3S7)
- TILLAMOOK (about 20 miles; TILLAMOOK, OR; ID: S47)
- SEASIDE MUNICIPAL (about 22 miles; SEASIDE, OR; ID:
56S)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wheeler:
- GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
Full-time enrollment: 2,032)
- LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 71 miles; LONGVIEW,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,237)
- WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; MONMOUTH,
OR; FT enrollment: 4,209)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 80 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; SALEM, OR; FT
enrollment: 2,325)
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
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