Pacific BeachWA
A town in Washington.
Is Pacific Beach a good place to live?
Pacific Beach’s July high is 66°F, below both Washington’s towns (77°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). 15% of the land in Pacific Beach is conserved, above both the Washington town median (4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Seashore Conservation Area, at 42 acres. We don’t grade Pacific Beach yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Pacific Beach for work
Where Pacific Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Pacific Beach: who provides what
Pacific Beach is unincorporated, so Grays Harbor County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pacific Beach.
The biggest natural risk in Pacific Beach is tsunamis, at a very high overall level
Compared with 90% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Pacific Beach is higher. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Pacific Beach once, in 2007. FEMA puts 68% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to tsunamis, and 22% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Pacific Beach’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Public schools: the North Beach School District No. 64. 91 students attend Pacific Beach’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 91 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Pacific Beach’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Seattle (13%), Ocean Shores (9%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Zillow puts the typical Pacific Beach home at about $737K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home lost 1.8% of its value.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Pacific Beach
For Pacific Beach, the January low is 36°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pacific Beach has set aside 14.5% of its land for conservation
Trails run 1.2 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Pacific Beach’s concentration of trails comes in at 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Seashore Conservation Area | 0.7 mi | 42 |
| 2. Pacific Beach State Park | 0.2 mi | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Pacific Beach stands out in Washington and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
In Pacific Beach, 36% of adults have obesity. Among 286 Washington towns, just 6 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Pacific Beach. The town does better than the Washington average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 17.
| Pacific Beach | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 31% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pacific Beach | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.2% | 70.7% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.6% | 84% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Pacific Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pacific Beach; the nearest are
About Pacific Beach
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census, down from 291 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 50 ft
- ZIP code
- 98571
- Area code
- 360
Pacific Beach’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Pacific Beach.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moclips | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pacific Beach and Moclips aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pacific Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Pacific Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pacific Beach, WA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Pacific Beach yet; the figures below are still real. A town in Washington.