Longview vs Woodland

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

Longview and Woodland 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 6,513 in Woodland). Woodland has the higher median household income ($83,193 vs $60,844 in Longview). Woodland has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $339,000 in Longview).

Population, income & housing

	Longview	Woodland
Population	37,836	6,513
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,844	$83,193
Median home value	$339,000	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,119	$1,369
Housing units	16,955	2,685
Homeownership rate	52.4%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longview	Woodland
Population	37,520 → 37,836 (+0.8%)	6,071 → 6,513 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$44,957 → $60,844 (+35.3%)	$58,710 → $83,193 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $339,000 (+78.0%)	$252,100 → $384,100 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,119 (+30.3%)	$862 → $1,369 (+58.8%)

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

Woodland

Population

6,0716,513

Median household income

$58,710$83,193

Median home value

$252,100$384,100

Median gross rent

$862$1,369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longview	Woodland
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.5%
75 and over	8.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longview	Woodland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longview	Woodland
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longview	Woodland
Drove alone	81.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longview	Woodland
1-unit, detached	59.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	11.8%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Longview	Woodland
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1965	1994