What is the population of Long View town?

Long View town has 4,967 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #165 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Long View town?

Median household income in Long View town is $44,156 a year, 43.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Long View town?

Median gross rent is $744 a month and the median home value is $142,900, so rent absorbs about 20.2% of median household income.

Is Long View town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Long View town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Long View, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Long View, North Carolina (Long View, NC — Census place “Long View town”) is 4,967 residents, ranking #165 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $44,156, the median home is worth $142,900 and median gross rent runs $744 a month. Looking for the Long View North Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Long View, NC: 28601, 28602.

Population: 4,967Long View town residents
Median household income: $44,156Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $142,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $744Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.1%Owner-occupied households

Long View ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Long View.

The Long View NC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Long View town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Long View town median would spend about 20.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.8% of residents and 56.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Long View town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Long View town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,967 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #165 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 42.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Long View town earn a median of $44,156 a year, 43.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 28% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Long View town is valued at $142,900, 52.9% below the national figure and 35% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $744 a month, 47.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,928 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 56.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Long View town?: Long View town has 4,967 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #165 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Long View town?: Median household income in Long View town is $44,156 a year, 43.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Long View town?: Median gross rent is $744 a month and the median home value is $142,900, so rent absorbs about 20.2% of median household income.
Is Long View town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Long View town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Long View town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.