Astoria Navy Heights

Navy Heights

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Notable Locations

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• Suburban neighborhood
• Eastern portion of Astoria, north of the Clatsop Forest Astoria Basin woods, and abutting the Columbia.
• Navy Heights used to be a housing projects built to house war-time personnel and their families during World War II.

Residential

• Made up mainly of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium (three to four bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings.
• Housing is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters.
• Many of the residences were built between 1940 and 1969.

Income

• Below average income neighborhood
• Income lower than 91% of U.S. neighborhoods
• 50% of the children here live below the poverty level.
• 30% of population are employed in sales and service jobs.
• 30% of population are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
• 19% of population are employed in clerical, assistant and tech support occupations.
• 16% of population are employed in executive, management and professional occupations.
• 5% of the population are employed in farming, fishing or timer harvesting

Population

• 11% Mexican
• 8% German
• 7% English
• 6% Norwegian
• 5% Irish
• 3% Eastern European
• 2% Finnish
• 13% were born in another country

Languages

• 80% English
• 14% Spanish
• 5% Other
• 1% Polish