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Ocean Park, WA
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Ocean Park 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 1,814 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ocean Park is the 225th largest community in Washington.

Also of interest is that Ocean Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Ocean Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Another notable thing is that Ocean Park 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.

The overall crime rate in Ocean Park is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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

Ocean Park 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Ocean Park 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.

The population of Ocean Park overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ocean Park, 24.75% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ocean Park in 2022 was $43,352, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,408 for a family of four. However, Ocean Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ocean Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ocean Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocean Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ocean Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.13% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocean Park include German, English, Irish, Northern European, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Ocean Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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