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.Astoria is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Astoria is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Astoria who work in sales jobs (13.17%), management occupations (11.02%), and food service (8.85%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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 19.18 minutes getting to work every day.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 2022 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.
