About Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 1,600 people and just one neighborhood, Cannon Beach is the 136th largest community in Oregon.

Cannon Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.36% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cannon Beach is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cannon Beach who work in sales jobs (19.60%), food service (12.75%), and management occupations (12.04%).

Of important note, Cannon Beach is also a city of artists. Cannon Beach has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cannon Beach's character.

A relatively large number of people in Cannon Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.85% 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.

In addition, Cannon Beach is a college town. There are a lot of students in Cannon Beach attending college, and as a result Cannon Beach provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Cannon Beach is a major vacation destination. Much of the city's population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependant on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Cannon Beach's population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Cannon Beach are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.77 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Cannon Beach Information and Demographics

The education level of Cannon Beach citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 34.93% of adults in Cannon Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cannon Beach in 2000 was $24,465, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,860 for a family of four.

The people who call Cannon Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cannon Beach is White, followed by Asian. Cannon Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.44% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cannon Beach include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, French, Swedish, Scottish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Cannon Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.