Nehalem, Oregon.
Typical home $583,595 (+0.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,667 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,817 +1%
- $579,778$583,595 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,770 +12%
- $520,825$583,595 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.
- Nehalem$3,063
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 30 years.
Typical home values in Nehalem, OR rose 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Nehalem, Tillamook County, Oregon
Nehalem is a city of 270 people in Tillamook County. Unemployment in Tillamook County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Tillamook 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Nehalem is a very small city on the Oregon coast, in Tillamook County, with homes that cost a good deal more than most people would expect for a town of its size. Winters are cool and wet rather than snowy, with little or no snow, and summers stay mild, so the warmest month is comfortable rather than hot. Rain and melted snow add up to a great deal over the year, which suits the green, wooded setting.
Work. Residents mostly work in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in manufacturing, and in shops. Across Tillamook County, some of the largest workplaces are Tillamook Regional Medical Center, Tillamook SD 9, and Tillamook Country Smokers Factory. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year ago.
Things to do. Nehalem Bay State Park lies in or beside town, and several protected coastal sites are a short drive away, among them Oswald West State Park, a protected area, and Manhattan Beach State Recreation Site. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Ecola State Park, another protected area, and to the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, a museum for anyone who likes railway history.
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- 9%below the poverty line
What people in Tillamook County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tillamook County had 9,916 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 51° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 69° and lows near 50°. About 90 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tillamook weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Tillamook County
- Tillamook Regional Medical CenterCritical access hospital357FTE
- Tillamook SD 9School district343FTE
- Tillamook Country Smokers FactoryMeats and meat products merchant wholesalers320
- Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. db Generous BrandsFrozen fruits, fruit juices, and vegetables, manufacturing320
- Fred Meyer StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters232
- Tillamook Lumber CompanyDimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts175
- Noble House Pacific CityResort hotels without casinos171
- Werner Gourmet Meat SnacksMeats, cured or smoked, made from purchased carcasses150
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 19 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,760 people in all across the county; Nehalem has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TsunamisRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nehalem’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Tillamook County.
Nehalem home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Nehalem$583,595
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Nehalem listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Nehalem24.89%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Nehalem33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Nehalem10
Zip codes with a Nehalem address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nehalem — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.