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Rockaway Beach, OR

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rockaway Beach, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,761. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ROCKAWAY-BEACH-OR · Rockaway Beach, OR 1 ZIPs · 1,761 pop · #14920/25278 · Tillamook County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $66,106
  • RANK-MID #14920/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wheeler
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,761
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $375,000

Nearest income peer: Wheeler, OR ( $1,314 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Rockaway Beach

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rockaway Beach on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rockaway Beach, OR sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

41st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,761
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,106
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,106 and poverty 8.4% concentrate in 97136.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rockaway Beach as a pure owner town.

Within Oregon, Phoenix is the closest lower-income city and Mount Angel the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rockaway Beach.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 97136, is all of Rockaway Beach

There is no split to weigh here: 97136 holds every one of Rockaway Beach's 1,761 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Rockaway Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 49 establishments, 295 employees , annual payroll $9,040k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 97136 (49 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (18) · also Retail trade · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Rockaway Beach, OR

These ZIP codes sit in Tillamook County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rockaway Beach. See the Tillamook County roll-up →

Rockaway Beach sits in the lower half of Tillamook County on income: Tillamook, Nehalem and Bay City report more, Cloverdale and Garibaldi report less. Manzanita marks the far end of that range at $105,192, 59% above Rockaway Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
97136 1,761 $66,106 49 33
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Rockaway Beach roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rockaway Beach, .