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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Tillamook spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.09 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
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 citizens of Tillamook are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 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.
