Kalama vs Longview

A side-by-side comparison of Kalama and Longview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Longview has the higher population (37,836 vs 2,996 in Kalama). Kalama has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $60,844 in Longview). Kalama has the higher median home value ($428,000 vs $339,000 in Longview).

Population, income & housing

	Kalama	Longview
Population	2,996	37,836
Median age	52.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$60,844
Median home value	$428,000	$339,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,119
Housing units	1,333	16,955
Homeownership rate	63.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalama	Longview
Population	2,629 → 2,996 (+14.0%)	37,520 → 37,836 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$62,969 → $103,438 (+64.3%)	$44,957 → $60,844 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$248,200 → $428,000 (+72.4%)	$190,400 → $339,000 (+78.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$859 → $1,119 (+30.3%)

Kalama

Population

2,6292,996

Median household income

$62,969$103,438

Median home value

$248,200$428,000

Longview

Population

37,52037,836

Median household income

$44,957$60,844

Median home value

$190,400$339,000

Median gross rent

$859$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalama	Longview
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	23.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.6%
75 and over	10.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalama	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalama	Longview
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	24.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalama	Longview
Drove alone	90.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalama	Longview
1-unit, detached	60.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	14.0%
20 or more units	17.3%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Kalama	Longview
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1999	1965