What salary do you need to live in Longview, WA?

Longview housing costs at a glance

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $915, $1,163 and $1,684 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Longview-Kelso, WA. The largest of those is 84% more than the smallest.

On the ownership side, the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $397,500. That works out to 5.2× the local median household income of $76,531, a mid-range ratio.

BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 97.5, where 100 is the US average. In plain terms, the full basket of goods, services and housing costs 2.5% less than average, so $100,000 here buys roughly what $102,517 would at average US prices.

How much you need to earn in Longview

For two bedrooms, $177,000 is where Longview turns Comfortable. Below that, $88,000 marks the start of Okay and $44,000 the start of Tight; under $44,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 8% of gross pay.

Reaching Royal takes $456,000 — 2.6× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Longview.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Longview

Choosing a bigger place in Longview at $75,000 trims the score from 44 to 35 without leaving Tight.

In Longview the table's top salary of $150,000 stops at Okay (60) for two bedrooms; Comfortable starts higher, at $177,000.

Where Longview falls nationally

Out of 387 metros, Longview has the 120th highest price parity and the 172nd highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the middle half on overall prices and in the middle half on rent.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Visalia, CA ($1,166) and Knoxville, TN ($1,153).

Longview vs. the rest of Washington

How Longview stacks up against its state: $1,163 for a two-bedroom against Washington's $1,756, $397,500 for the median home against $564,600, and a price level of 97.5 against 107.0.

Run Washington's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $324,000; Longview's line is −45% from that.

The nearest matches in Washington, judged on rent and price parity together, are Yakima, WA, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, and Kennewick-Richland, WA.

Does the typical Longview income clear the bar?

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $76,531, which grades Tight (41) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. Put differently, Longview's typical household is $100,469 below the $177,000 it takes to read Comfortable on two bedrooms. Statewide, the Washington median household ($98,141) grades Tight on the state's own medians. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

All figures are pre-tax estimates from public data, not financial advice.