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Longview, TX

82,941 Population
56.2 square miles 1,475.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,432 ±$3,135 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $33,714 ±$1,617
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,259 ±$10,304 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $65,711 ±$3,411
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.7% ±5.3% (14,161  ±4,266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 14.5% † 41,365 (±1.9% / ±5,487)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.7 minutes ±1.1 (732,855  ±45,456) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 23.7 2,783,100 (±0.7 / ±88,401)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

33,947 ±1,446 Number of households
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 111,483 ±1,843
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (79,640  ±986) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 2.6 284,971 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.3% ±1.7% (453  ±343) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 4.2% † 2,762 (±1.6% / ±1,051)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

36,026 ±1,441 Number of housing units
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 123,913 ±61
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$224,700 ±$15,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $208,000 ±$14,950
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.8% ±3.8% (11,375  ±3,126.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 9.6% † 28,054 (±1.4% / ±4,046.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±6.7% (46,631  ±4,043.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 87.7% 173,214 (±3.3% / ±6,739.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.3% ±4.2% (14,677  ±2,257.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 21.9% 43,327 (±1.7% / ±3,288.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7% ±1.8% (5,809  ±1,489) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 16,759
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±1.4% (3,078  ±833) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 7.1% † 15,934 (±0.9% / ±1,958)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,078 Total veterans ±833 2,976 Male ±817 102 Female ±126

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