Brookings, Oregon.
Typical home $477,655 (-0.8% in a year). Brookings, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,213 (+94%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,777 -1%
- $481,432$477,655 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,057 +9%
- $436,598$477,655 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Brookings$2,507
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 39 years.
Typical home values in Brookings, OR fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Brookings, Curry County, Oregon
Brookings is a city of 6,744 people in Curry County. Half its households earn more than $74,933 a year and half less, against $62,244 across Curry County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Curry County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Curry County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Brookings is a small coastal city in Curry County, on the southern Oregon shore. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run higher than across the county, though a fair number of residents live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and winters are mild and wet rather than cold, with plenty of rain through the year and summers that stay cool.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with government and professional and business services also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in Brookings are Fred Meyer Stores, the Brookings-Harbor school district and Curry Health District. Commutes are short, and a number of people work from home.
Things to do. Harris Beach State Park and Lone Ranch Beach are both in or beside town, so the coast is close at hand. A short drive away, the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor is a protected stretch of shoreline, and the Winchuck River is a short drive away as well. For a longer outing, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is a longer drive away.
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- 2,987households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 15 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Curry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Curry County had 6,570 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 53° and lows near 43°; warmest in September, with highs near 67° and lows near 52°. About 78 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brookings weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Brookings
- Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters263
- Brookings-Harbor SD 17CSchool district174FTE
- Curry Health District110
- Kalmiopsis Elementary SchoolElementary and secondary schools63
- Brookings of CascadiaHealthcare54
- Adapt Integrated Health CareMental health centers and clinics, outpatient42
- Coastal Home Health & HospiceHome health care agencies41
- Azalea Middle SchoolElementary and secondary schools31
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 756 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesVery high
- Wildfirerelatively high in parts of BrookingsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of BrookingsRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brookings’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Curry County and the Brookings, OR metro.
Brookings home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Brookings$477,655
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Brookings listings, and the typical home goes pending in 45 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Brookings32.03%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brookings142
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brookings18
Zip codes with a Brookings address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brookings — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.