Texas · Census place 43888
Longview city, TX
Quick answer
Longview city has 82,765 residents, ranking #50 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $62,488, the median home is worth $182,700 and median gross rent runs $1,061 a month.
- Population
- 82,765Longview city residents
- Median household income
- $62,488Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $182,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,061Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 53.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Longview city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Longview city median would spend about 20.4% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.2% of residents and 53.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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