Beacon Hill vs Longview Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Beacon Hill and Longview Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Beacon Hill and Longview Heights are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longview Heights has the higher population (4,403 vs 1,978 in Beacon Hill). Longview Heights has the higher median household income ($90,592 vs $82,639 in Beacon Hill). Longview Heights has the higher median home value ($443,000 vs $363,500 in Beacon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
Population	1,978	4,403
Median age	31.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,639	$90,592
Median home value	$363,500	$443,000
Median gross rent	$846	$1,203
Housing units	609	1,650
Homeownership rate	61.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
Population	1,903 → 1,978 (+3.9%)	3,803 → 4,403 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$83,047 → $82,639 (-0.5%)	$66,442 → $90,592 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $363,500 (+75.0%)	$224,400 → $443,000 (+97.4%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $846 (+54.7%)	$924 → $1,203 (+30.2%)

Beacon Hill

Population

1,9031,978

Median household income

$83,047$82,639

Median home value

$207,700$363,500

Median gross rent

$547$846

Longview Heights

Population

3,8034,403

Median household income

$66,442$90,592

Median home value

$224,400$443,000

Median gross rent

$924$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
Under 5	9.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.4%
75 and over	9.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
Drove alone	87.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
1-unit, detached	70.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	12.2%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Hill	Longview Heights
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.0%
Average household size	3.14	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1971	1980