Kalama vs Longview Heights

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

Kalama 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 2,996 in Kalama). Kalama has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $90,592 in Longview Heights). Longview Heights has the higher median home value ($443,000 vs $428,000 in Kalama).

Population, income & housing

	Kalama	Longview Heights
Population	2,996	4,403
Median age	52.0 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$90,592
Median home value	$428,000	$443,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,203
Housing units	1,333	1,650
Homeownership rate	63.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalama	Longview Heights
Population	2,629 → 2,996 (+14.0%)	3,803 → 4,403 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$62,969 → $103,438 (+64.3%)	$66,442 → $90,592 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$248,200 → $428,000 (+72.4%)	$224,400 → $443,000 (+97.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$924 → $1,203 (+30.2%)

Kalama

Population

2,6292,996

Median household income

$62,969$103,438

Median home value

$248,200$428,000

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)

	Kalama	Longview Heights
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	23.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.4%
75 and over	10.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalama	Longview Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	11.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalama	Longview Heights
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalama	Longview Heights
Drove alone	90.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalama	Longview Heights
1-unit, detached	60.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Kalama	Longview Heights
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1999	1980