VenersborgWA
Settled in 1913, this town now has 4,262 residents.
Is Venersborg a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Its weakest is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. It lags on cost of living as well: the typical home is worth about $704K, 7.2 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Health is its strong suit: residents are healthier than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Overall, that makes a C, good for 192nd of 285 in Washington. That leaves it better than 30% of U.S. towns. Venersborg has 1 place on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
99% of working residents leave Venersborg for work
Where Venersborg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Venersborg grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Venersborg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mount St. Helens and 161 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Venersborg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MountainMount St. Helens
23 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
20 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
21 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
37 mi LakeSpirit Lake
33 mi Canyon & gorgeColumbia River GorgePhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Spirit Lake: Matt Logan, Public domain · Columbia River Gorge: Hux, Public domain
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Moving to Venersborg: who provides what
Venersborg is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Venersborg.
Venersborg carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Washington (mostly inland flooding) and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
For health, Venersborg earns an A−
Within Washington it is healthier than 52% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar. Against the 5,969 U.S. towns with household incomes like Venersborg’s, it is less healthy than 51%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Venersborg: 8.1% of adults worry about having enough food. 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in the town, below both the Washington town median (33%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). Among adults locally, 71% had a checkup this year and 27% have been diagnosed with depression. Against the Washington average, Venersborg comes out ahead on 11 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 4.
| Venersborg | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 25% |
| What stands out | Venersborg | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Venersborg beat 54% of Washington districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Battle Ground School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tukes Valley PrimaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 546 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Most of Venersborg’s workers leave town for work
Venersborg has 298 jobs for its 1,636 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half of commuters travel less than 14 miles. Venersborg had 298 jobs in 2023, up 126 from 2013. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its average trip to work is 32 minutes, against 27 minutes in Washington’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Venersborg | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $118,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Venersborg, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Venersborg’s midsummer high comes in at 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A older population than Washington as a whole
People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (24% statewide). Venersborg’s median age stands at 49.4 years. College graduates make up 32% of adults 25 and older, against 40% across Washington. 19% of residents are under 18 here.
| Venersborg | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.4 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Venersborg | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.1% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.5% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.2% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,300, single groups can be off by several points
The biggest natural risk in Venersborg is inland flooding, at a low overall level
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 88% of Washington towns; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
In Venersborg, the risk rating from FEMA is 36 of 100. FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Open space protected for good: 1% of Venersborg
Just 68 of its 6,801 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Venersborg itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
The biggest park or preserve is Yacolt Burn State Forest, at 258 acres. 0.1 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Yacolt Burn State Forest | — | 258 |
| 2. Tukes Mountain Park | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Washington and the rest of the country, more of Venersborg’s households live in a home they own
At 7.2 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 76% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Venersborg
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Venersborg
About 4 of every 100 Venersborg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Venersborg
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Venersborg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,990 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 509 ft
- Area code
- 360
Venersborg’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Venersborg.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venersborg | #192 | C | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Hockinson | #41 | B+ | D | — | A | A− |
| Battle Ground | #99 | B | C− | B | B− | B |
| Lewisville | — | — | C | — | B− | B+ |
Lewisville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Venersborg, Hockinson and Lewisville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Venersborg with a neighbor →
Questions about Venersborg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Venersborg, WA a good place to live?
Venersborg grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #192 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Venersborg, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $704,000, 20% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.