What is the population of Longview city?

Longview city has 37,836 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Longview city?

Median household income in Longview city is $60,844 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Longview city?

Median gross rent is $1,119 a month and the median home value is $339,000, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.

Is Longview city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Longview city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Longview, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Longview, Washington (Longview, WA — Census place “Longview city”) is 37,836 residents, ranking #35 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $60,844, the median home is worth $339,000 and median gross rent runs $1,119 a month. Looking for the Longview Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Longview, WA: 98632.

Population: 37,836Longview city residents
Median household income: $60,844Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $339,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,119Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.4%Owner-occupied households

Longview ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Longview.

The Longview WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98632

What the numbers mean in Longview city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Longview city median would spend about 22.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.1% of residents and 52.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Longview city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Longview city is a small city in Washington, with 37,836 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #35 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Longview city earn a median of $60,844 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Longview city is valued at $339,000, 11.7% above the national figure and 28% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,119 a month, 20.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,428 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Longview city?: Longview city has 37,836 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Longview city?: Median household income in Longview city is $60,844 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Longview city?: Median gross rent is $1,119 a month and the median home value is $339,000, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.
Is Longview city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Longview city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Longview city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.