Rockaway Beach vs Tillamook

A side-by-side comparison of Rockaway Beach and Tillamook: population, income, housing, and more.

Rockaway Beach and Tillamook are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tillamook has the higher population (5,229 vs 1,577 in Rockaway Beach). Tillamook has the higher median household income ($57,604 vs $55,188 in Rockaway Beach). Rockaway Beach has the higher median home value ($341,100 vs $272,300 in Tillamook).

Population, income & housing

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
Population	1,577	5,229
Median age	51.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,188	$57,604
Median home value	$341,100	$272,300
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,098
Housing units	1,842	2,147
Homeownership rate	78.1%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
Population	1,166 → 1,577 (+35.2%)	5,231 → 5,229 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$45,781 → $55,188 (+20.5%)	$41,109 → $57,604 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $341,100 (+65.6%)	$189,700 → $272,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,308 (+63.7%)	$792 → $1,098 (+38.6%)

Rockaway Beach

Population

1,1661,577

Median household income

$45,781$55,188

Median home value

$206,000$341,100

Median gross rent

$799$1,308

Tillamook

Population

5,2315,229

Median household income

$41,109$57,604

Median home value

$189,700$272,300

Median gross rent

$792$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
Under 5	1.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	24.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	18.7%	9.2%
75 and over	7.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	59.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
No high school diploma	16.9%	14.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
Drove alone	66.8%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	5.2%
Walked	3.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	29.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
1-unit, detached	73.6%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Rockaway Beach	Tillamook
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1985	1951