Most Affordable Oregon Coast Towns [Updated Version]

[@marcjohnson7882]

I've lived in Crescent City and Brookings for the last five years and your assessment is accurate. Other issues we face are road closures due to weather, fires and smoke from Midsummer into fall, a diminished level of goods and services, sparseness of high-end retail, lack of specialized medical care, for instance if you're in Brookings, your cardiologist is in Medford. Disproportionate rates of homelessness and noncommunicative and uncommitted home repair tradesmen. Every Home Depot is about an hour and a half apart. You're going to do a lot of Internet shopping. Many of the available homes for sale are getting snapped up by people buying them sight unseen to use them as Airbnb rentals. You won't find anything near the beach, but there are an abundance of rivers and homes for sale along them. Your best option honestly is to buy a piece of property above a floodplain and build. If you are attracted to a certain town, find a way to spend about a week there and try to figure out what's really going on before you commit.

[@miapdx503]

Excellent observations 🌹

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

Was born in Oregon in 81, I drive the coast 3-4 times a year. Newport is by far the best place to visit. I would love to move there one day, but jobs just make it difficult because it is really a tourist/fishing town.

[@hailutahistan3680]

That's the impression, but it's wrong. It's really a retirement town. If you look at income in Lincoln county, the biggest source is federal payments like Social Security and Medicare

[@MSpaz71]

Another thing to mention, is that although a town is located on the coast, that doesn’t necessarily mean you can see the ocean when in that town. Take Florence, for example. Oftentimes, you only see the actual ocean in glimpses when driving the 101.

[@charlotteryner6583]

Florence is not a coastal town. Florence is a river town that is near the coast. We also have many of the amenities that other towns don't have. Affordability isn't one of those amenities. 😊

[@HaroldBrice]

Thank you Captain Obvious. Or is it Colonel Spaztic?

[@samblum153]

Around Florence 101 is miles back from the ocean in most of florence, so Florence is a nicer place for not having a highway between the west side of the town and the ocean.

[@darleenbernal5119]

Unfortunately for us Oregonians, that are just “livin the dream”, it’s all still unaffordable. It went up way too fast because of your out of towners with cash. Makes me frustrated. :(

[@dpmcclurg]

Reedsport has the chainsaw festival, a really cool skateboard park, and outdoor opportunities like fishing. They are building some really nice apartments right there in the middle of town just north of the freeway so prospects are improving for continued growth. Town of gardener is just across the bridge to the north. Port of Winchester Bay is hub for salmon fishing

[@arizonanative7409]

Same here in Arizona. Small towns now very unaffordable.

[@audielowe2700]

This is happening all over the country..I’m currently in northwest Arkansas..huge numbers of Californians and also Texans moving here from the big cities. They bring huge equity and prices now have skyrocketed..most people born here now can’t afford homes.

[@bevsputler5455]

Out of state investors buying up low end apts & trailor parks pricing us out of our homes of 20-30yrs…just because our She lets them do it! Food prices have almost doubled since the Pandemic! Just for example butter used to be 2$ a lbs now 5$ Pineapple juice was 1.58$ Now 4.50$

[@laurac.6534]

Totally understand. 40 years ago I complained about the same thing here in California. Look what has happened to my state.

[@atominthe541]

I lived in Coos Bay for decades. No way living in Coos Bay/North Bend is worth anywhere near the median home price. Maybe one day wages will catch up with cost on the Oregon Coast, but I doubt that will happen as long as out of state buyers continue to inflate property prices.

[@HaroldBrice]

Sure. Years ago when school funding was a totally local process, Brookings was the first District that failed to pass the school budget/levy. Had enough retirees who voted no on budget that the kids were left out in the elements. Then North Bend was next. And then the State of Oregon decided to grab the deposit slips and run school funding. Tragic that folks from Somewhere, California would move here, push property values up up up and then grunch about property taxes. Seems sort of like the Bahgwhan Rajneeshi and his operation in Antelope. I have watched the Port of Coos Bay go from the "World's Largest Lumber-Shipping Port" to being lined with retail shops designed to kill the downtowns of North Bend and Coos Bay. Sad, pathetic, etc etc etc. Men were men, then.

[@TheNotMeTube]

I do think Reedsport is underrated with it being half way between Coos and Florence, having easy inland access on 38 and a hospital in town. It does have decent shopping in town for basics, but it just seems like it lost its way after logging left town and its downtown is almost empty aside from the chainsaw carving. Hopefully the recent sales of the radio station and school of the arts will help bring more opportunities to the area.

[@edzanjero353]

I love Reedsport. Very picturesque and near the lower Umpqua River valley. Quaint, very likeable little town.

[@HaroldBrice]

If you think it, then it is sol

[@audielowe2700]

Something you should cover is medical care, hospitals, trauma center, specialists doctors ..what. Town has these ?

[@libbit75]

Portland. Oregon has a horrible time keeping any kind of specialists in rural areas. Even the spectacular Oregon coast lacks any hospitals of note. The best you’ll find is a level 3 or 4 hospital. Specialists are a joke outside of Eugene and Portland. I have worked in EMS and healthcare for 30+ years in Oregon.

[@HaroldBrice]

It is somewhat opinion. Just a given that smaller towns will not have world class anything except friendly people (unless you run into a recent transferee who is now unhappy with decision to move here).

[@mattcurtis9980]

Just found and subscribed. Bought a plot and built in Gold Beach in 2019/2020. I tell all my Cali friends I live in a post card!

[@bevsputler5455]

We didn’t ask you to advertise for us we like our area kept as hidden as possible…I mean really who wants to come to a place where the roads often fall into the ocean, rain wind, you have to go to a bigger town to shop! No excitement you have to go inland to get warm, higher education, festivals, but those of us who love that basically like to be left alone🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊

[@HaroldBrice]

I S E C O N D !!!!!!! that. The Gorse Action Committee in the Bandon area is chock full of Californians who think they are saving us (and they just don't have enough to do. Have not figured out how to relax and enjoy the rain)

[@janinecarson8380]

Poor Reedsport, my hometown, isn't getting much love here, not even any film footage. It's got a few amenities: a hospital, a golf course, some decent restaurants, a museum and lots of recreation opportunities. I live in Coos Bay though, so I get it. 😄

[@LivingOnTheOregonCoast]

Great place for people who want to avoid too much tourism/growth!

[@SammifromMiami]

Love Astoria.

[@MI-6e]

I live on the Oregon coast. I prefer to stay at home in the summer because it gets too busy with tourists, traffic is annoying, especially during holidays. No, it's not busy like California busy, but for Oregon Coast, it is.

[@samblum153]

there is only bad traffic on weekends in the summer season, at least between Yachats and Coos Bay...

[@artistinlederhosen]

if one can give up the requirement of insisting on oceanfront or ocean view homes, you can do much better heading inland a bit. i moved from so. cal. to brookings 10 years ago. no, i didn’t bring a californian attitude… i was wishing to escape from california attitudes. oceanfront or ocean view wasn’t in my budget. i headed up the chetco river a couple of miles and found a wonderful nearly 2 acre property in the hills. do i have an ocean view? nope, but i have my own tranquil mini forest. can i walk to the beach? no, but the river is a 4 minute drive away and the beach is 10 minutes away. i love having some breathing room and not being in my neighbor’s pocket. so, if you can adjust your priorities, you can get some amazing properties and still have the feeling of oregon coastal living.

[@stephenbarcus]

Lived in Reedsport a lot of my life. Always counted Winchester Bay as a part of Reedsport. Ocean is still right there.

[@discgolfillustrated2640]

Your information is much appreciated 👍🏼

[@SleepstateAZ]

I think I would love Reedsport.

[@charlotteryner6583]

Don't move to Florence! Nothing to see here! 😅

[@melanieeaton3344]

You are so on target! I've lived in Brookings for 30 years and plan to hopefully move to Florence. I'm retired and plan to downsize.

[@pavernater]

I'm retiring and plan to move to Brookings. Can you tell me the downsides for you?

[@davidirwin4067]

Hmm, I have been living in Brookings for ~ 1 1/2 years and really like it. I've also lived in Gold Beach and Myrtle Point inland from Bandon. Florence has a nice places like Bay Street alongside the Siuslaw River but I'm a bit curious why you would trade Brookings for Florence. Here you have the Samuel Boardman Corridor just to the north and Crissey Field to the south, as well as some pretty decent shopping.

[@pavernater]

@@davidirwin4067 I've spent many New Year's weekends in Brookings, really like the Harbor and small town feel. ICurrenly, I live in the rate race, traffic environment. Love fishing. Spent some time in Florence, real nice place as well. Can you describe some downfalls if any. Hated to see the Steakhouse closed, O'Halloran. Awesome calamari. Thanks for your reply. My name is Dave as well.

[@davidirwin4067]

Since you have spent New Year's here in Brookings I guess you must be fairly knowledgeable about the area. The harbor is in "Harbor" and not Brookings proper, as you know. There is no rat race here. These days I am not a home owner but an apartment dweller and have great views of the community and the ocean. Depending on your age and circumstances there is no hospital here but there is a well-equipped clinic. Gold Beach has the closest hospital in the county so that may be a downside. I suppose another downside is that the closest airport and community of significant size is Medford and that is ~2 hours from here. I'm not into fishing and so can't comment on that. We have fog and a rainy season but that is the same all along the Oregon and Washington coastlines and northern California. There are windy days also but there are few frosty days. Wherever you live there are always tradeoffs. @@pavernater

[@HaroldBrice]

@@pavernater Too close to the California influence.

[@HaroldBrice]

If you want to relocate to Coos County please leave your attitude that we locals need saved hidden in your closet. I am not sure my first/last sentence was correctly structured but I am thinking anyone reading it got the meaning. When faced with being the only long-time resident serving on the city planning commission I quit when the folks from California wanted to institute some ridiculous requirements for zoning in residential areas. It is pretty much live, and let live here. This discussion could get a lot deeper and wider but no need here. If you are looking for your dream please do not hold prior residents responsible when you cannot find it. Have you thought about Idaho? When the big earthquake and tsunami happen here on the Oregon south coast Idaho will have ocean-front property. Another option is to stay where you are and save everyone headaches. We have found quite a few times folks who move here end up going "home" to be near their kids, especially after one of the couple dies. So if you are independently financed and can mind your own business just please try to not pay too much when you buy property here.

[@McIntyreBible]

12:00, North Bend/Coos Bay.

[@HaroldBrice]

Get real McIntyre. Total bay area (which includes Charleston and all nearby addresses who are part of CB/NB shopping ) is easily 35,000 sould. Thanks to the spotted owl the whole County of Coos is still only around 65,000 Other than that I guess I do not know what you said.

[@McIntyreBible]

@@HaroldBrice I am real Harold, I don't live in an imaginary world like yourself!

[@lieslvista]

Love this! Good info!

[@jasonvanatta8508]

I used to want to live on the Oregon coast, but Ive moved inland a bit to southern Oregon instead. climate predictions dont look good for coastal regions in the next 20 years or so...

[@HaroldBrice]

Oh we are lucky another Climate Disaster Prophet has chosen to move to Medford, Grants Pass, or Roseburg instead of making us miserable with climate drivvle . Thank you for thinking of us.

[@wormhole-r3l]

Same here, lived in Newport for a couple of years but the truth is nowhere on the Oregon coast is prepared for the big one to go off. Building those homes that close to the ocean is going to be a disaster and I hope I'm wrong but I certainly don't want to be there when it does. Other than that, you get used to the ocean after awhile and it gets boring. Life's too short to spend it all in one place.

[@avancalledrupert5130]

Im a Brit with a yank mrs . We are thinking of living in America for a few years. Im a carpenter and as America is pretty much all made of wood i cant see me struggling for work anywhere so thats not my main concern. But trying to get my head around the American property market is hard . Its like everything is opposite to England. Here the older the house the more value. New builds are second most valuable and mid century stuff is the cheapest. Nobody wants 20th century houses because they are ugly. The new builds are usually made to replicate the 18th century houses we all dream of but with better parking. Cities are generally cheaper except London. Small towns are the cheapest of all especially ex mining towns. country houses out on there own are the most expensive outside of London. We pay premium for a 200 year old house with no other buildings in eye shot . For us thats the dream worth millions. Best of all a 5 or 6 hundred year old house in a tiny chocolate box village with a pub and a shop . They can be 3 milion for something tiny. For America thats the cheapest thing. Really hard for me to get my head around. Ive seen nice Victorian gothic farm houses in the middle of nowhere in America for 50 k . Allso condition is a main driving factor of value in America. Nobody wants to renovate things. In Britain condition is basically irrelevant. Value is entirely location based with upto 80% of the value being in the land . You could have an old farm house with no roof windows or floors in the British country side and it would be worth a fortune. Because its a house in the country out on its own. Getting planning permission to build that from scratch is a serious undertaking so people will pay anything to not go through that process. Its strange how culture dictates the value of things more than its actual use .

[@SammifromMiami]

Sounds like you have a good handle on American real estate.

[@HaroldBrice]

Dave, sounds like you should stay where you know the system. Or maybe the Carolinas, or New England somewhere. You will not like the Oregon Coast.

[@wormhole-r3l]

I've worked in home health for years on the Oregon coast and I can tell you people who owned ocean view homes were so used to it that they didn't even enjoy it or care.

[@kev4241]

at 3-5x the price for oceanfront, that's not a great return

[@JariahSalas]

I am looking to move to the Oregon coast soon.

[@HaroldBrice]

You will most likely not like it if you are looking for something you have not already found.

[@wormhole-r3l]

Trust me you'll hate it, everyone gets excited about moving there then they get tired of not seeing the sun after a couple of months.

[@Toekneepowers]

Once you experience winter on the Oregon coast. You’re going to be very sad.

[@katharinajohn5619]

THANK YOU

[@JohnWilson2209]

Thoughts on Depoe Bay? Considering moving there…

[@wormhole-r3l]

No access to inland, not easy to drive out of it because you have cape foulweather south which is a nightmare especially in the winter and up north it's pretty much the same unless you wanna be stuck at depoe bay all the time.

[@Toekneepowers]

You better spend a winter on the Oregon coast before even thinking about buying a home there. You’ve been warned.

[@dianneyoungblood689]

The heat is the biggest issue living inland as we do….Vancouver/ Portland. We go camping on the coast, which helps!

[@dianneyoungblood689]

Less heat extremes at any time would be great!!

[@nonjoiner7580]

Reedsport is nice. It is very small, but it does have 2 grocery stores, an ace hardware, and a dollar store. They have very few restaurants but they do host the chainsaw carving contest! It's a cool place. So is Winchester Bay/ Salmon Harbor. Reedsport has the Lower Umpaua Hospital. Not large but ready and able.

[@considerthis410]

I need to get out of Texas and Oregon is beautiful.

[@miapdx503]

It absolutely is! And no matter what kind of environment you like, we have it all; high desert, ocean front, rain forests and mountains! Take your pick😉🌹

[@HaroldBrice]

Our local law enforcement will enforce warrants from Texas.

[@willamettehops]

Seems like the further south you go on the Oregon coast, the cheaper the living is.

[@julieb6835]

Can you address medical in your videos please, it would be very helpful

[@uuduanewiley4656]

Remember clem remind people we don't put up with liberal crap here

[@Rockstar97321]

An approximate 9.0 earthquake is overdue for the Oregon Coast. Watch videos about the Cascadia Subduction Zone here on KZbin. It is totally irresponsible for a Realtor to entice people to move to the Oregon Coast. It's totally stupid to be on the Oregon Coast. Geologists have been saying that everything will be "toast" between the coast and about 60 miles inland. The bridges and roads will be decimated. The only way out of there will be by helicopter. According to Oregon law, it is illegal for a Realtor to not disclose this information.

[@LivingOnTheOregonCoast]

We have a video covering this in depth and mention it frequently. Scary stuff.

[@Rockstar97321]

@@LivingOnTheOregonCoast Yeah. This clear and emminant threat needs to be disclosed to every potential buyer, according to Oregon State law. The Real Estate Commission will not be able to protect you from legal liability after The Big One hits. They are overlooking it now, but their day will come. There will be a reconing. I am David Moore, a land surveyor and engineer in Albany, Oregon and a former real estate agent. I also have a degree in Business Administration from Oregon State University.

[@LivingOnTheOregonCoast]

@@Rockstar97321 Go Beavs!

[@kylekyle5438]

@Rockstar97321 Calm the heck down….you remind me of those crazy people holding end of the world signs. There is not one place on earth that is immune to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic irruptions, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, ect. By your logic no one should buy a home anywhere, better yet we should leave earth altogether. 🤪

[@rfjohns1]

Imminent

[@nonjoiner7580]

Newport has mad homelessness and drugs. It is very beautiful, hospital is new. Waldport uses the Newport hospital and it is a sweet place with a beautiful bridge and bay.

[@donnagermaneri3855]

Not only do we not agree with you about how expensive it is to live on the oregin coast (it is expensive for people trying to make a living here) I would like to say to all new comers, register your freakin' Vehicle like the rest of us do. Nothing pisses me off more than watching our housing being purchased by out if staters and then watch them drive around for years with out an oregon registered vehicle..35 years on the coast and im sick of it. Wasnt always like that. And lets remind people that we may not have sales tax but our paychecks reflect plenty of taxes. Si, dont say to us how "lucky" we are until you bring home your first paycheck.

[@timarmstrong6257]

You don’t want to move to Oregon 🤨

[@SiberianIce2022]

Want to sell my house and land in Yakima, WA.....I think Alsea is the best I can hope for in-so-far as price and accessibility.

[@DuviBáez-s8f]

2:40 👎

[@discgolfillustrated2640]

Useful information, but the. “ you know” is very annoying.

[@LivingOnTheOregonCoast]

It’s a work in progress, you know, something I’m trying to correct.

[@New-bw4kz]

Unfortunately a lot those areas look like a hillbilly town, crazy rural Karens..

[@SammifromMiami]

Most of rural Oregon looks like a hillbilly town. Trailer parks everywhere. Like most states.

[@audielowe2700]

You should look at Carmel and pebble beach..not to many hillbillies there ..😎

[@miapdx503]

There are some truly backwards, backwoods pockets. It doesn't take long to get a feel for an area. But definitely know what you're getting into.

[@DavidKroff]

​@@audielowe2700Probably not much for 500-600k either

[@HaroldBrice]

@@audielowe2700 not to, rather too

[@larrypahl5756]

too much selfie, too little visual data how did you decide to record your face so much? are most of your videos like that?

[@mkroon2331]

Drinking water is the biggest reason for the towns not expanding. We need to be careful about expanding the towns too quickly.

[@donnagermaneri3855]

Not your town

[@kev4241]

too much water, more likely.

[@jamesvlambert]

The author is upspeaking? Talking in question marks?

[@saraholdshield9901]

Your boring!!!

[@hailutahistan3680]

I love how all these real estate videos about the Oregon coast never ever mention the elephant in the room, namely, the inevitable magnitude 9 earthquake from the Cascadia subduction zone. If you're considering buying on the Oregon coast, be sure to buy something above the tsunami zone, not on a steep hillside and built since the seismic codes got decent, meaning at least since 1994 and preferably since 2001. That pretty much rules out most of astoria. Newport's Bayfront and Nye Beach also will be toast.

[@wiseguy4368]

If you love rain, fog , wind. dampness and toe fungus the Oregon coast might be for you.

[@miapdx503]

There are two seasons; three months of summer, and nine months of rain. We call it baby making weather. 😏🌹

[@KcShorb]

Who can ever get enough toe fungus?