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Longview city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Longview city is a Census city of 38,069 people across 14.80 square miles of land, in Cowlitz County. Median household income is $61,747, 55.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 33 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.0 m.
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Longview
What Longview is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.8 sq mi
- Water area0.53 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,572
- County holding the largest share of its areaCowlitz County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Longview
How many people live in Longview
- Population38,069
- Median age40.1
- Population under 188,559
- Share under 1822.5 percent
- Population 65 and over7,663
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent
- Households15,810
- Family households8,929
- Share of households that are families56.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Longview
Income and work in Longview
- Median household income$61,747
- Per capita income$34,290
- Civilian labor force16,963
- Employed15,951
- Unemployed1,012 plus or minus 229
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over26,689
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Longview
Housing in Longview
- Housing units16,826
- Occupied units15,810
- Vacant units1,016 plus or minus 312
- Vacancy rate6.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied8,728
- Renter occupied7,082
- Ownership rate55.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$361,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,137
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.1 percent
- Single family units10,695
- Share single family63.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,351
- Share in buildings of two or more31.8 percent
- Mobile homes711
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Longview
How Longview gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,390
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,508
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,105
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.5 percent
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home7.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Longview
SBA loans in Longview (7(a))
- Approvals33
- Gross approval$23,988,100
- Average approval$726,912
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,140,000
- Largest approval$3,320,000
- Jobs supported334
- Jobs per approval10.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises21.2 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Longview
SBA loans in Longview (504)
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$6,877,000
- Average approval$491,214
- Median approval$434,000
- Largest approval$1,255,000
- Jobs supported67
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cowlitz County, not Longview
Cowlitz County context, not Longview figures
These are Cowlitz County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Longview measurements.
- Establishments in Cowlitz County2,309
- Employment at those establishments, Cowlitz County33,796
- Covered employment, Cowlitz County41,235
- Average annual pay, Cowlitz County$67,600
- Average weekly wage, Cowlitz County$1,300
- Housing units permitted, Cowlitz County353
- Of those, single family, Cowlitz County297
- County product, 2024, Cowlitz County$7,230,651,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cowlitz County3.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cowlitz County$66,859
Every figure in this section is published for Cowlitz County as a whole and is not a measurement of Longview. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Longview questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Longview, Washington?
38,069, in 15,810 households. Longview city covers 14.80 square miles of land, which is 2,572 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Longview in?
Cowlitz County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Longview?
$61,747. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $361,600. Median gross rent is $1,137 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Longview businesses?
33 7(a) approvals totalling $24.0 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 14 504 approvals worth $6.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Longview, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Longview borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Longview. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Longview figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cowlitz County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Longview.
Is zoning published for Longview?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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