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Rockaway Beach city, Oregon: commercial real estate data.
Rockaway Beach city is a Census city of 1,562 people across 1.60 square miles of land, in Tillamook County. Median household income is $53,872, 77.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.0 m.
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Rockaway Beach
What Rockaway Beach is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.6 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land977
- County holding the largest share of its areaTillamook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockaway Beach
How many people live in Rockaway Beach
- Population1,562
- Median age52.7
- Population under 18278 plus or minus 116
- Share under 1817.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Population 65 and over499
- Share 65 and over31.9 percent
- Households789
- Family households362 plus or minus 80
- Share of households that are families45.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockaway Beach
Income and work in Rockaway Beach
- Median household income$53,872
- Per capita income$42,931 plus or minus $12,754
- Civilian labor force657 plus or minus 165
- Employed613 plus or minus 153
- Unemployed44 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over1,249
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.1 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockaway Beach
Housing in Rockaway Beach
- Housing units1,907
- Occupied units789
- Vacant units1,118
- Vacancy rate58.6 percent
- Owner occupied611
- Renter occupied178 plus or minus 53
- Ownership rate77.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$342,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$958 plus or minus $387
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Single family units1,425
- Share single family74.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more123 plus or minus 59
- Share in buildings of two or more6.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Mobile homes323 plus or minus 98
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockaway Beach
How Rockaway Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute451 plus or minus 131
- Commuting under 15 minutes215 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.7 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more69 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone66.3 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Carpooled5.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home25.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockaway Beach
SBA loans in Rockaway Beach (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$8,962,200
- Average approval$995,800
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,420,000
- Largest approval$4,420,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval2.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tillamook County, not Rockaway Beach
Tillamook County context, not Rockaway Beach figures
These are Tillamook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rockaway Beach measurements.
- Establishments in Tillamook County769
- Employment at those establishments, Tillamook County8,076
- Covered employment, Tillamook County9,886
- Average annual pay, Tillamook County$52,379
- Average weekly wage, Tillamook County$1,007
- Housing units permitted, Tillamook County86
- Of those, single family, Tillamook County82
- County product, 2024, Tillamook County$1,475,328,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tillamook County1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tillamook County$127,841
Every figure in this section is published for Tillamook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rockaway Beach. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rockaway Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rockaway Beach, Oregon?
1,562, in 789 households. Rockaway Beach city covers 1.60 square miles of land, which is 977 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rockaway Beach in?
Tillamook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rockaway Beach?
$53,872. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $342,300. Median gross rent is $958 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rockaway Beach businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $9.0 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $60,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rockaway Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rockaway Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rockaway Beach. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Rockaway Beach figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tillamook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rockaway Beach.
Is zoning published for Rockaway Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.