THE ILWACO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Lowlands setting.
Ilwaco city has 2.05 square miles of land in Pacific County. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Lowlands, within Coast Range.
Pacific-facing coastal mountains support moisture-loving conifers, with marine terraces, dunes and beaches along the ocean edge. Inland slopes and the immediate coast have different vegetation patterns.
Regional context: Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ilwaco and Pacific County
Ilwaco is associated with Pacific County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ilwaco by land and water
The Census records 3.73 square miles of water within Ilwaco, or 64.5% of its total area. It is 40.6 percentage points higher than the 23.9% recorded for Pacific County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ilwaco city has 1.5 times the land area of nearby Long Beach city (1.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

