Oregon · Census place 4162900

Rockaway Beach, Oregon

Rockaway Beach is a city in Tillamook County, Oregon with an estimated 1,441 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,441
#140 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-10 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
901 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Rockaway Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

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Rockaway Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Rockaway Beach lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,447. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rockaway Beach covers 1.60 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 901 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Rockaway Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rockaway Beach is in

All of Rockaway Beach's residents live in Tillamook County, which had 27,264 residents in 2024. Rockaway Beach holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rockaway Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rockaway Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97136. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rockaway Beach is

The Census internal point of Rockaway Beach is at 45.617000, -123.938900. Salem, the capital, is 64.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tillamook, OR (5,157 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 49.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.617000, -123.938900
DMS
45°37'1.20"N 123°56'20.04"W
UTM
10N 426798.9E 5051923.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
84QRJ386+RC

Daylight in Rockaway Beach

At 45.62° N, Rockaway Beach gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rockaway Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Bay City, 7.0 miles away, with 1,381 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rockaway Beach, OR?

1,441 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.7%) from 1,451 in July 2020.

What county is Rockaway Beach in?

Tillamook County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rockaway Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97136.

How far is Rockaway Beach from Salem?

64.4 miles (103.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Rockaway Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Rockaway Beach?

Tillamook, OR, with 5,157 residents, 12.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.