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Long View, NC

4,967 Population
4 square miles 1,234.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±8.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,002 ±$2,627 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $33,377 ±$776
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,156 ±$3,228 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $60,255 ±$1,481
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

10.8% ±6.2% (537  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.9% 49,993 (±0.8% / ±3,014)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.7 minutes ±3.1 (59,695  ±11,310) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.3 3,762,310 (±0.6 / ±110,423)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,173 ±221 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 147,735 ±939
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (4,967  ±298) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 359,109 (±0 / ±158)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.6% ±6.2% (63  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,965 (±0.7% / ±552)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,535 ±255 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 165,443 ±102
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$142,900 ±$13,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $193,400 ±$3,807
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.7% ±4.7% (525  ±231.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 9.2% 33,422 (±0.7% / ±2,353.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.9% ±10% (3,136  ±479.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 85.7% 224,881 (±1.5% / ±3,838.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
8.2% ±3.3% (304  ±124.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 21.4% 56,149 (±0.7% / ±1,832.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.8% ±5.5% (586  ±273) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,437
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.2% ±2.6% (296  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.6% 19,365 (±0.4% / ±1,088)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
296 Total veterans ±111 275 Male ±107 21 Female ±25

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