Ilwaco vs Long Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Ilwaco and Long Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Beach has the higher population (1,844 vs 1,418 in Ilwaco). Ilwaco has the higher median household income ($97,541 vs $51,125 in Long Beach). Ilwaco has the higher median home value ($355,400 vs $329,900 in Long Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
Population	1,418	1,844
Median age	43.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,541	$51,125
Median home value	$355,400	$329,900
Median gross rent	$1,250	$829
Housing units	654	1,564
Homeownership rate	65.1%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
Population	1,034 → 1,418 (+37.1%)	1,468 → 1,844 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$37,734 → $97,541 (+158.5%)	$30,266 → $51,125 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$216,700 → $355,400 (+64.0%)	$200,800 → $329,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,250 (+57.6%)	$655 → $829 (+26.6%)

Ilwaco

Population

1,0341,418

Median household income

$37,734$97,541

Median home value

$216,700$355,400

Median gross rent

$793$1,250

Long Beach

Population

1,4681,844

Median household income

$30,266$51,125

Median home value

$200,800$329,900

Median gross rent

$655$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
Under 5	6.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	15.6%
75 and over	11.3%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
Drove alone	59.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	21.8%	17.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	78.9%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Ilwaco	Long Beach
Poverty rate	11.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.94	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1974	1975