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Kelso, WA

12,684 Population
8.1 square miles 1,559.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 41.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,246 ±$2,382 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $38,105 ±$1,176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,751 ±$5,488 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $76,531 ±$3,128
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±4.1% (1,515  ±516) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 12.2% † 13,548 (±1.2% / ±1,360)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±2.8 (117,285  ±18,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 26.2 1,122,345 (±0.9 / ±51,468)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,435 ±272 Number of households
  • the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 43,943 ±449
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (12,631  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 2.5 111,229 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±2.1% (109  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,278 (±1.3% / ±306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,656 ±287 Number of housing units
  • the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 46,422 ±96
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$337,600 ±$21,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: $397,500 ±$10,389
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±4.7% (1,857  ±594.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 11.8% † 13,123 (±1.3% / ±1,443.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±7.6% (8,036  ±769.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 89.9% 70,959 (±2.5% / ±1,995.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.5% ±3% (1,134  ±274.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 17.6% 13,910 (±1.1% / ±846.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% ±2.1% (589  ±262) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,803
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±2.5% (1,147  ±259) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area: 10.3% 8,982 (±0.9% / ±761)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,147 Total veterans ±259 1,073 Male ±257 74 Female ±62

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