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Beacon Hill, Washington.

A community in Cowlitz County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Cowlitz County’s.

Living in Beacon Hill, Cowlitz County, Washington

Beacon Hill, in Cowlitz County, had 2,211 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Cowlitz County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Cowlitz County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 2,211 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Beacon Hill for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.2% Cowlitz County, August 2026; 5.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Beacon Hill for the Census survey to measure.
  • 611households
  • 16%of adults have a degree
  • 2%work from home

What people in Cowlitz County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cowlitz County had 41,077 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 35°; warmest in August, 80° and 53° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 80° 53° S O N D 47° 35°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 35°; warmest in August, 80° and 53° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F M A M J J A 80° 53° S O N D 47° 35°

Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 80° and lows near 53°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Longview weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cowlitz County

  1. JH KellyMechanical contractors1,411
  2. St. John Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,308FTE
  3. WestRock LongviewPulp & paper non newsprint867
  4. Longview School DistrictSchool district783FTE
  5. Kelso School DistrictSchool district627FTE
  6. Lower Columbia CollegeUniversity or college602
  7. Nippon Dynawave PackagingWood pulp manufacturing586
  8. north pacific paper companyPulp mills producing newsprint paper495

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 113 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,104 people in all across the county; Beacon Hill has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Volcanic activityRelatively high
  2. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Beacon Hill’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cowlitz County.