Best PlacesOlympic West, Longview, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Olympic West, Longview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Olympic West, Longview ranks 4,273rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Olympic West, Longview
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Olympic West, Longview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Olympic West, Longview ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Olympic West, Longview ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Olympic West, Longview
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Olympic West, Longview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,249, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Olympic West, Longview's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Olympic West, Longview
Olympic West, Longview runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Olympic West, Longview.
Who works in Olympic West, Longview, and how
Work in Olympic West, Longview centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Olympic West, Longview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Olympic West, Longview.
What the weather is like in Olympic West, Longview, month by month
Olympic West, Longview sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 41° | 35° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 40° |
| July | 82° | 66° | 55° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Olympic West, Longview
Portland International sits about 42 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Olympic West, Longview measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Olympic West, Longview against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Olympic West, Longview
Is Olympic West, Longview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Olympic West, Longview ranks 4,273rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, few empty homes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on state infrastructure and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Olympic West, Longview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $294,340. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $64,249 median income, cost of living beats 28% of neighborhoods.
Is Olympic West, Longview safe?
Yes, Olympic West, Longview is safer than 75% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $429 per resident a year.
Compare Olympic West, Longview with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Olympic West, Longview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Olympic West, Longview represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Olympic West, Longview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Olympic West, Longview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Olympic West, Longview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Olympic West, Longview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Olympic West, Longview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Olympic West, Longview detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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