Kelso vs Longview

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

Kelso 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 12,697 in Kelso). Longview has the higher median household income ($60,844 vs $59,462 in Kelso). Longview has the higher median home value ($339,000 vs $302,300 in Kelso).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Longview
Population	12,697	37,836
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,462	$60,844
Median home value	$302,300	$339,000
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,119
Housing units	5,516	16,955
Homeownership rate	54.8%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Longview
Population	12,123 → 12,697 (+4.7%)	37,520 → 37,836 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$39,044 → $59,462 (+52.3%)	$44,957 → $60,844 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $302,300 (+104.1%)	$190,400 → $339,000 (+78.0%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,131 (+35.8%)	$859 → $1,119 (+30.3%)

Kelso

Population

12,12312,697

Median household income

$39,044$59,462

Median home value

$148,100$302,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,131

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)

	Kelso	Longview
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	78.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Longview
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	30.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Longview
Drove alone	87.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Longview
1-unit, detached	64.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	14.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Longview
Poverty rate	19.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1961	1965