IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Vader, WA
Vader is a tiny town of 745 people in Lewis County, Washington. It's about 18 miles from Longview, WA and 62 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $317k and rent runs about $1k a month.
745people
$317kTypical home
$1,191/moRent
79° / 46°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
185Rain/snow days
Is Vader right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 745
- Part of a metro area
- About 802 people per sq mi
- 62 mi to Portland, OR
- 18 mi to Longview, WA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $317k (≈$2,000/mo)
- Median rent $1,191/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 46°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
- 185 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
- Low violent crime (193 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,211 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 31
- 46% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to OLM airport
- 59 mi to PDX (major hub)
- 41 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 164 ft
- 19 mi to the ocean
- 164 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 75 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 116 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 53 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Washington districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 44 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lewis County: R+33 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