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Population (year 2000): 2,882
Males: 1,398  (48.5%)
Females: 1,484  (51.5%)

Cowlitz County

Median resident age:  34.6 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 98632.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $36,000 (it was $34,421 in 2000)
West Longview  $36,000
Washington:  $49,262

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $157,300 (it was $133,100 in 2000)
West Longview  $157,300
Washington:  $227,700

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Races in West Longview:

  • White Non-Hispanic (88.3%)
  • Hispanic (4.2%)
  • American Indian (3.1%)
  • Two or more races (2.9%)
  • Other race (1.8%)
  • Other Asian (1.1%)
  • Vietnamese (1.0%)
  • Black (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (22.9%), United States (11.6%), English (11.2%), Norwegian (8.3%), Irish (7.6%), Swedish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Land area: 1.58 square miles.

Population density: 1820 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in West Longview

  • High school or higher: 84.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
  • Unemployed: 6.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 19.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West Longview CDP

  • Never married: 19.6%
  • Now married: 53.1%
  • Separated: 2.7%
  • Widowed: 6.7%
  • Divorced: 17.9%

83 residents are foreign born (1.7% Asia, 0.9% North America).

This place:  2.9%
Washington:  10.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

West Longview:  0.9% ($1,263)
Washington:  1.1% ($1,915)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Somerset West-Rock Creek, OR (44.4 miles , pop. 53,691).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Portland, OR (50.7 miles , pop. 529,121).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (893.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Longview Heights, WA (2.7 miles ), Longview, WA (3.0 miles ), West Side Highway, WA (5.4 miles ), Kelso, WA (6.1 miles ), Rainier, OR (6.4 miles ), Castle Rock, WA (9.4 miles ), Prescott, OR (10.9 miles) , Goble, OR (13.7 miles ).

Latitude: 46.17 N, Longitude: 122.99 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 360

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (20%)
  • Paper (13%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near West Longview:
  • HOSPICE CARE CENTER HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; LONGVIEW, WA)
  • PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; LONGVIEW, WA)
  • PROVIDENCE CENTRALIA HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; CENTRALIA, WA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West Longview:
  • PORTLAND INTL (about 50 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
  • OLYMPIA (about 56 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; ID: OLM)
  • ASTORIA REGIONAL (about 61 miles; ASTORIA, OR; ID: AST)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Longview:
  • KELSO-LONGVIEW (about 9 miles; KELSO, WA; ID: KLS)
  • TOLEDO-WINLOCK ED CARLSON MEMORIAL FIELD (about 25 miles; TOLEDO, WA; ID: TDO)
  • WOODLAND STATE (about 27 miles; WOODLAND, WA; ID: W27)

Amtrak station near West Longview:
  • 6 miles: KELSO-LONGVIEW (KELSO, 501 S 1ST AVE.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Longview:
  • LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE (about 2 miles; LONGVIEW, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,237)
  • CLARK COLLEGE (about 43 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; FT enrollment: 5,106)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 44 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
  • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
  • LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 54 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)
  • GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; NEWBERG, OR; FT enrollment: 2,032)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  68.9%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  8.0%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  20.2%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  11.7%
Whole state:  4.6%

West Longview compared to Washington state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,614 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.09%
Washington average:  7.86%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($183 average AGI)
Cowlitz County:  0.06%
Washington average:  0.26%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Clark County, WA  2.34% ($49,107 average AGI)
from Lewis County, WA  0.41% ($31,667)
from Multnomah County, OR  0.36% ($48,427)


6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,471 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.15%
Washington average:  7.07%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($229 average AGI)
Cowlitz County:  0.08%
Washington average:  0.16%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Clark County, WA  1.43% ($39,585 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.32% ($33,898)
to Multnomah County, OR  0.27% ($40,674)


Strongest AM radio stations in West Longview:
  • KBAM (1270 AM; 5 kW; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • KEDO (1400 AM; 1 kW; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • KKAD (1550 AM; 50 kW; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-WASHINGTON, INC)
  • KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KLOG (1490 AM; 1 kW; KELSO, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON INTERSTATE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KKSN (1520 AM; 50 kW; OREGON CITY, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in West Longview:
  • KLYK (94.5 FM; KELSO, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • KRQT (107.1 FM; CASTLE ROCK, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM LONGVIEW LICENSE, LLC)
  • K273AI (102.5 FM; ARIEL, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KUKN (105.5 FM; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON INTERSTATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KWYQ (90.3 FM; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • KJVH (89.5 FM; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • KMNT (102.9 FM; CENTRALIA, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • K216DH (91.1 FM; CATHLAMET, WA; Owner: TILLICUM FOUNDATION)
  • K220HE (91.9 FM; CHEHALIS, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KXXO (96.1 FM; OLYMPIA, WA; Owner: 3 CITIES, INC.)
  • KITI-FM (95.1 FM; WINLOCK, WA; Owner: PREMIER BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KRVO (105.9 FM; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFMY (97.7 FM; RAYMOND, WA; Owner: SOUTH SOUND BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KINK (101.9 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KKCW (103.3 FM; BEAVERTON, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KPDQ-FM (93.7 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF OREGON, INC.)
  • KOPB-FM (91.5 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
  • KKRZ (100.3 FM; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMHD (89.1 FM; GRESHAM, OR; Owner: MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT)
  • KVMX (107.5 FM; BANKS, OR; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)

TV broadcast stations around West Longview:
  • K68DZ (Channel 68; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • K36DG (Channel 36; LONGVIEW, WA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)

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