Tillamook County, Oregon

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,345 81.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,122 11.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 218 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 212 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,383 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 103 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 84 0.3%

• Under 18 4,980 18.1%
• 18–24 1,532 5.6%
• 25–44 5,922 21.5%
• 45–64 7,369 26.8%
• 65 and over 7,693 28.0%

Median household income

$66,296

90% interval $59,477–$73,115

−$18,601 vs OR · 23rd of 36

Below poverty line

15.4%

90% interval 13.1%–17.7%

+3.7 pp vs OR · 8th of 36

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,653

Establishments

1,052

• Education & health services 2,008 20.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,768 17.8%
• Manufacturing 1,661 16.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,630 16.4%
• Natural resources & mining 733 7.4%
• Public administration 609 6.1%
• Construction 387 3.9%
• Other services 380 3.8%
• Professional & business services 356 3.6%
• Financial activities 192 1.9%
• Information 54 0.5%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.3%

+11.0 pp vs OR · 3rd of 36

Median gross rent

$1,246

−$279 vs OR · 15th of 36

Owner-occupied

8,867

Renter-occupied

3,069

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $111,511/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,747/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,944 49.2%
• Democratic 7,726 47.9%
• Other / third-party 460 2.9%

• Spanish 2,128 8.0%
• German or other West Germanic 125 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 46 0.2%
• Chinese 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.1%
• Korean 9 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

11,936

Family households

7,318

61.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,518

20.7% of families

Single-mother families

695

9.5% of families

Veterans

1,943

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,621 13.2%
• Catholic 2,732 10.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,192 4.4%
• Mainline Protestant 630 2.3%

Health insured

95.2%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1.4 pp

32nd of 36

With a disability

20.8%

±2 pp

9th of 36

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±2.2 pp

−10.6 pp vs OR · 14th of 36

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.4%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

27th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)

Court seats

Tillamook

Traffic fatalities

5

22.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4