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    Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach, WA

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    Overview


    Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach 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 2,092 people and just one neighborhood, Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is the 218th largest community in Washington. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $66,900.00.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach who work in maintenance occupations (23.10%), office and administrative support (20.69%), and sales jobs (5.75%).

    Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

    Setting & Lifestyle

    Another notable thing is that Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

    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!) Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach 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. Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach may be for you.

    One of the nice things about Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach 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.

    Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

    Demographics

    The education level of Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.62% of adults in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach have at least a bachelor's degree.

    The per capita income in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach in 2022 was $29,746, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,984 for a family of four. However, Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

    The people who call Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach include Irish, European, German, English, and Scottish.

    The most common language spoken in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

    Real Estate

    Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Do you like a coastal setting? If so, this neighborhood may be to your liking. The neighborhood is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Often such coastal places have amenities and recreational activities on the waterfront that are attractive to residents and visitors alike. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

    In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 54.1%, which is higher than 99.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

    People

    In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

    In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in WA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.0% of the neighborhoods in Washington. If you are considering retiring to Washington, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

    Car Ownership

    We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 61.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

    Diversity

    Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 2.2% have Welsh ancestry.

    The Neighbors

    There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

    The neighbors in the neighborhood in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

    The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

    In the neighborhood, 33.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.7%), and 11.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.7%).

    Ethnicity / Ancestry

    Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

    In the neighborhood in Copalis Beach - Pacific Beach, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (23.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

    Getting to Work

    Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

    Here most residents (85.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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