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Kelso, WA

12,697 Population
8.1 square miles 1,560.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,002 ±$2,463 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $36,520 ±$1,163
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$59,462 ±$6,425 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $72,932 ±$2,981
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

19.5% ±5% (2,452  ±636) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 13% † 14,294 (±1.3% / ±1,429)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

21.3 minutes ±2.3 (106,945  ±14,500) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 26.5 1,117,645 (±0.9 / ±50,533)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

5,289 ±349 Number of households
  • the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 43,409 ±473
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.4 ±0.2 (12,640  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 2.5 110,335 (±0 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

4.1% ±2.6% (133  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,177 (±1.2% / ±277)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

5,516 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 45,884 ±88
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$302,300 ±$31,316 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $367,400 ±$8,425
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

16.1% ±4.5% (2,027  ±562.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 13.5% † 14,971 (±1.5% / ±1,613.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

88.7% ±6.5% (8,022  ±786.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 89.9% 70,145 (±2.5% / ±1,957.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
11.8% ±2.9% (1,068  ±267.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 17% 13,263 (±1.1% / ±853.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±2.2% (598  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 4.1% 4,576
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

10.7% ±2.9% (1,081  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 10.2% 8,816 (±0.7% / ±586)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,081 Total veterans ±296 1,022 Male ±291 59 Female ±59

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