Ocean Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,814 at the 2020 census. It is on the Long Beach Peninsula, north of Long Beach, Washington.

Geography

Ocean Park is located on the Long Beach Peninsula and adjacent to Pacific Pines State Park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.9&nbsp;square miles (10.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 3.0&nbsp;square miles (7.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.8&nbsp;square miles (2.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (21.45%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Ocean Park had a population of 1,814. The median age was 62.7 years. 10.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 42.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.1 males age 18 and over.

98.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 1.4% lived in rural areas.

There were 942 households in Ocean Park, of which 12.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.0% were married-couple households, 20.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, the wife of the original hotel owner. The oldest building in Ocean Park is the Lamberson Cabin, built in 1883 by Buell Lamberson. The cabin has been kept in private family ownership through the generations for the use of Lamberson descendants.

References

  • Ocean Park Chamber of Commerce
  • Ocean Park at City-Data.com