Berwind-Purcell House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Longview Heights has higher unemployment (9.9%) than 94% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute from Longview Heights lasts 29 minutes (Washington 27, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Longview Heights C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Working from home is the commute for 13% of workers (Washington 20%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Longview Heights stands out on work
Longview Heights is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Longview Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Longview Heights has about 2,500 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Longview Heights and Longview trade workers both ways
Longview is the top workplace for Longview Heights residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Longview Heights come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Longview Heights gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Longview Heights is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #245 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Longview Heights’ grade up ($74,570, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Longview Heights could be anywhere from D to B.
Longview Heights on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,973 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Longview Heights on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Longview
Where Longview Heights clocks in
28% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Miles to work from Longview Heights
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Longview Heights
86 jobs are based in Longview Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longview Heights, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longview Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Longview Heights spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longview Heights workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,561 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Driving is how Longview Heights gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Longview Heights is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #283 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Longview Heights near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,791 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Longview Heights households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Longview Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
3,175th of 4,136: where Longview Heights ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Larch Way WA | 4,424 | $160K | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Lake Holm WA | 3,555 | $177K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,173 | St. James City FL | 3,412 | $69K | 9.7% | 9.1% | 21% | C |
| 3,174 | Lakeshore LA | 3,437 | $48K | 23.7% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,175 | Longview Heights WA | 4,357 | $75K | 11.2% | 9.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,176 | Greensboro GA | 3,519 | $40K | 21.7% | 0.0% | 15% | C |
| 3,177 | Centralia MO | 4,767 | $66K | 11.9% | 7.0% | 22% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Longview Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Longview Heights and its neighbors: 28% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longview Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview Heights | – | C | D− | 29 min | $74,570 |
| Longview | 28% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $61,747 |
| Beacon Hill | under 2% | C+ | C | 18 min | $86,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Longview. Darker towns draw more of Longview Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Longview Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Longview Heights?
$74,570 (±$26,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longview Heights?
11.2%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longview Heights?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longview Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (28%, 2 mi), Kelso (8%, 5 mi), Vancouver (7%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Longview Heights walkable?
Longview Heights is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Longview Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longview Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longview Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.