Tillamook is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 5,236 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tillamook is the 87th largest community in Oregon.Tillamook is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tillamook is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tillamook who work in food service (11.99%), office and administrative support (11.39%), and sales jobs (10.15%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Tillamook is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One of the benefits of Tillamook is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.09 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. For a small city, Tillamook has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride taxis. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Tillamook exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The percentage of adults in Tillamook with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.60% of adults in Tillamook have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tillamook in 2022 was $26,657, which is low income relative to Oregon, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,628 for a family of four. However, Tillamook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tillamook is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tillamook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tillamook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tillamook also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tillamook include German, Irish, English, Scandinavian, and French. The most common language spoken in Tillamook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
