Pacific City, OR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,303

US Senator

Ron Wyden

Democratic Party

US Senator

Jeff Merkley

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

60.4

8.83% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

16.9%

4.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$93,207

5.86% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$466,000

Economy

The economy of Pacific City, OR employs 543 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Pacific City, OR were Educational Services (145 people), Accommodation & Food Services (120 people), and Retail Trade (101 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($82,500), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($82,500), and Accommodation & Food Services ($41,328).

Employment

Occupations

543

2024 Value

± 235

−17.6%

1 Year decline

± 70.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pacific City, OR declined at a rate of −17.6%, from 659 employees to 543 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Pacific City, OR, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (99 people), Sales & Related Occupations (90 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (88 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Pacific City, OR.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Oregon.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Oregon (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

543

2024 Value

± 235

−17.6%

1 Year decline

± 70.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pacific City, OR declined at a rate of −17.6%, from 659 employees to 543 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Pacific City, OR, are Educational Services (145 people), Accommodation & Food Services (120 people), and Retail Trade (101 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Pacific City, OR, though some of these residents may live in Pacific City, OR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Pacific City, OR was $466,000 in 2024, which is 1.4 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $518,800 to $466,000, a 10.2% decrease. The homeownership rate in Pacific City, OR is 78.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Pacific City, OR have an average commute time of 11.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Pacific City, OR is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$466,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$123,061

$449

Median Property Taxes

±$192

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Pacific City, OR the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Pacific City, OR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78.8%

Homeownership

2024

61.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 78.8% of the housing units in Pacific City, OR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 67.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Pacific City, OR compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$93,207

Median Household Income

± $48,952

570

Number of Households

± 220

In 2024, the median household income of the 570 households in Pacific City, OR grew to $93,207 from the previous year's value of $88,044.

The following chart displays the households in Pacific City, OR distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $150k - $200k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Pacific City, OR is from Oregon.

0.459

2024 Wage GINI in Oregon

0.461

2023 Wage GINI in Oregon

In 2024, the income inequality in Oregon was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.412% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Oregon was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Oregon in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Oregon across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (59.1%)
Walked (15.8%)
Worked At Home (14.4%)

In 2024, 59.1% of workers in Pacific City, OR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (15.8%) and those who worked at home (14.4%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

11.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Pacific City, OR have a shorter commute time (11.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.86% of the workforce in Pacific City, OR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Pacific City, OR compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Pacific City, OR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Pacific City, OR have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Pacific City, OR (220 out of 1.3k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 75+, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Pacific City, OR is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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