Ocean Park is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 1,814 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ocean Park is the 225th largest community in Washington.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.85% 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.
Another notable thing is that Ocean Park is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ocean Park has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ocean Park has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ocean Park than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ocean Park may be for you.
One of the nice things about Ocean Park is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
As is often the case in a small town, Ocean Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Ocean Park citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.23% of adults 25 and older in Ocean Park have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ocean Park in 2022 was $37,221, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,884 for a family of four. However, Ocean Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ocean Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ocean Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocean Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ocean Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocean Park include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Ocean Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.