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Castle Rock is a small town of 2,217 people in Cowlitz County, Washington. It's about 9 miles from Longview, WA and 52 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $349k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,217people
$349kTypical home
$1,222/moRent
79° / 47°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
192Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,217
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,058 people per sq mi
- 52 mi to Portland, OR
- 9 mi to Longview, WA
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $349k (≈$2,198/mo)
- Median rent $1,222/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (59 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 66 of 90 winter days are gray
- 192 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (170 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,422 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 29% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 48 mi to OLM airport
- 49 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 50 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 30 ft
- 15 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 75 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 84 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 40 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 40 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cowlitz County: R+20 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- High volcano risk