Longbranch vs Prairie Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Longbranch and Prairie Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prairie Heights has the higher population (4,817 vs 4,715 in Longbranch). Prairie Heights has the higher median household income ($129,438 vs $92,109 in Longbranch). Prairie Heights has the higher median home value ($485,800 vs $382,000 in Longbranch).

Population, income & housing

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
Population	4,715	4,817
Median age	50.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,109	$129,438
Median home value	$382,000	$485,800
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,859
Housing units	2,653	1,657
Homeownership rate	84.9%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
Population	3,974 → 4,715 (+18.6%)	4,187 → 4,817 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$53,220 → $92,109 (+73.1%)	$100,327 → $129,438 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$239,600 → $382,000 (+59.4%)	$290,500 → $485,800 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,474 (+64.7%)	$1,349 → $1,859 (+37.8%)

Longbranch

Population

3,9744,715

Median household income

$53,220$92,109

Median home value

$239,600$382,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,474

Prairie Heights

Population

4,1874,817

Median household income

$100,327$129,438

Median home value

$290,500$485,800

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
Under 5	0.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
Drove alone	67.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	6.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
1-unit, detached	66.5%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Longbranch	Prairie Heights
Poverty rate	18.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.23	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	47	34
Median year structure built	1991	1993