Longbranch vs Wauna

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

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

Wauna has the higher population (4,831 vs 4,715 in Longbranch). Wauna has the higher median household income ($108,000 vs $92,109 in Longbranch). Wauna has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $382,000 in Longbranch).

Population, income & housing

	Longbranch	Wauna
Population	4,715	4,831
Median age	50.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,109	$108,000
Median home value	$382,000	$464,000
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,589
Housing units	2,653	1,892
Homeownership rate	84.9%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longbranch	Wauna
Population	3,974 → 4,715 (+18.6%)	4,294 → 4,831 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$53,220 → $92,109 (+73.1%)	$83,700 → $108,000 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$239,600 → $382,000 (+59.4%)	$334,000 → $464,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,474 (+64.7%)	$1,292 → $1,589 (+23.0%)

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

Wauna

Population

4,2944,831

Median household income

$83,700$108,000

Median home value

$334,000$464,000

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longbranch	Wauna
Under 5	0.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	14.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longbranch	Wauna
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longbranch	Wauna
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longbranch	Wauna
Drove alone	67.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	25.1%	13.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longbranch	Wauna
1-unit, detached	66.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Longbranch	Wauna
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	47	31
Median year structure built	1991	1987