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Longview Heights is a small town of 4,357 people in Cowlitz County, Washington. It's part of the Longview, WA area. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $457k and rent runs about $1k a month.
4,357people
$457kTypical home
$1,346/moRent
76° / 44°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
192Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,357
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,047 people per sq mi
- 47 mi to Portland, OR
- In the Longview, WA area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $457k (≈$2,880/mo)
- Median rent $1,346/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°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 39
- 30% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to PDX airport
- 44 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 57 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 922 ft
- 11 mi to the ocean
- 176 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 79 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 98 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 19 bars within 25 mi
- 46 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Washington districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 35 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