Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety66#5,337/15,637
Economy35#10,180/15,631
Housing45#8,246/14,977
Health15#13,327/15,609
Healthcare30#10,962/15,650
Environment100#1/15,453
Education22#12,190/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,401/15,650
Community57#6,782/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,591/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Long Beach, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pacific County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high5.8 /10k
100/100Washington 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPacific County value
Median Air Quality Index · low16
99/100Washington 382025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPacific County value
Violent crime rate · low40 /100k
99/100Washington 284 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePacific County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.0 µg/m³
96/100Washington 8.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPacific County value
Hot days · low1 days
96/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPacific County value
Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
95/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPacific County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high45.5 /100k
1/100Washington 17.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPacific County value
Drug overdose deaths · high53.7 /100k
1/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPacific County value
Child care cost burden · high46.0%
2/100Washington 36.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePacific County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Washington 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPacific County value
Dentists · low21 /100k
5/100Washington 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePacific County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.8×
7/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,468 (2015-2019) → 1,792 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
34.9% (2015-2019) → 4.1% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
10.2 min (2015-2019) → 20.2 min (2020-2024)
+98%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.6% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
30.6% (2015-2019) → 13.1% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
65.1% (2015-2019) → 48.2% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Long Beach, Washington improved on 4 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Poverty−17 points30.6% → 13.1%
Household income+75%$30,266 → $53,032
Broadband+18 points71.6% → 90.0%
Bachelor's++9 points14.0% → 23.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Long Beach, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	71.6%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	6.6×2015-2019	6.8×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4762015-2019	0.4592020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$30,2662015-2019	$53,0322020-2024	+75%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	30.6%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	98%
Rent as share of income	35.6%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent-burdened households	65.1%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	−17 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.6%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Long Beach, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Long Beach, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Long Beach, Washington itself moved +19.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,792 residents (±383)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+9.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,792 residents (±383)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

White81%1,443
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino12%†213

Education

1,477 residents (±288)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma7.6%†112
High school or GED33%†481
Some college30%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

804 households (±123)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k23%†182
$25k–50k25%†205
$50k–75k19%†153
$75k–100k4.7%†38
$100k–150k18%†146
$150k–200k0.5%†4
$200k or more9.5%†76

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

804 households (±123)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Own59%471
Rent41%†333

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

309 households (±109)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Under $75051%†159
$750–1,00026%†81
$1,000–1,50018%†

Home values

471 homes (±103)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k4.7%†22
$150k–250k13%†62
$250k–400k45%†210

Age of homes

1,484 homes (±144)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later9.4%†139
2000–200915%†230
1980–199917%†255

Size of homes

1,484 homes (±144)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Studio12%†178
1 bedroom22%330
2 bedrooms34%507

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

666 workers (±237)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone64%†426
Carpool5.6%†37
Public transit0.3%†2
Walk18%†119
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†82
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+16.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

584 workers (±227)

Long Beach, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min64%†374
15–29 min12%†72
30–44 min17%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pacific County, the county holding most of Long Beach's residents.

Pacific County has 558 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Washington's), with 4,695 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,565. The Census Bureau also counts 1,588 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 558; 1,588 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 4,695
Average annual pay: $43,565; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pacific County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	56	23.1	1.26×More than typical	524	$26,740	10
Construction of buildings	34	14.1	1.86×More than typical	119	$40,689	44
Specialty trade contractors	34	14.1	0.91×About typical	177	$50,780	71
Full-service restaurants	30	12.4	1.61×More than typical	298	$29,963	5
Traveler accommodation	30	12.4	6.87×More than typical	357	$32,359	21
Lessors of real estate	24	9.9	0.81×About typical	142	$44,852	168
Ambulatory health care services	18	7.4	0.36×Fewer than typical	234	$58,282	55
Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars	18	7.4	2.94×More than typical	118	$25,966	—
Religious organizations	15	6.2	1.12×About typical	67	$16,119	—
Grocery and convenience stores	14	5.8	1.95×More than typical	189	$41,688	5
Banks and credit unions	13	5.4	1.66×More than typical	70	$45,900	—
Other specialty trade contractors	12	5	1.98×More than typical	52	$34,481	35

Rank places for an industry Open Pacific County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,197 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$7,125 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Long Beach, Washington: -$3.98 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$7,125; −105% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$3.98; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$6,8210.0%

Top recipients

AMERICAN AIRBOAT CORPORATION$5,6100.0%
NORTH STAR CONTRACT SOLUTIONS LLC$6630.0%
PAPE' MACHINERY, INC.$5480.0%
TRULAND SURVEY LLC$00.0%
CONWAY CONSTRUCTION CO-$13.9K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

558.4FY2017
516FY2020
9.3KFY2021
47.2KFY2022
101.7KFY2023
23.9KFY2024
157KFY2025
-7.1KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$5,6100.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$6630.0%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$5480.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Long Beach, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Long Beach, Washington's figures are part of those of Pacific County, WA ($8.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Long Beach is mostly in Pacific County.

See federal money in Pacific County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Long Beach, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Marie Gluesenkamp PerezD-WA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pacific County60100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Pacific County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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