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Astoria, OR
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Astoria is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,182 people and six associated neighborhoods, Astoria is the 56th largest community in Oregon. Astoria has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.08% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Astoria spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.18 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

In terms of college education, Astoria is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.65% of adults in Astoria have a college degree.

The per capita income in Astoria in 2018 was $38,742, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,968 for a family of four. However, Astoria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Astoria is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Astoria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Astoria residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Astoria also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Astoria include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Finnish.

The most common language spoken in Astoria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.


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