Longview, TX (Texas) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 76,816 (Urban population: 74,816, Rural population: 2,000 (28 farm, 1,972 nonfarm))

Longview, Texas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 30,654 (28,311 occupied: 16,530 owner occupied, 11,781 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	42%
State:	36%

Housing density: 561 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $160,760.

Median contract rent in 2007: $519 (lower quartile is $430, upper quartile is $629)

Housing units in Longview with a mortgage: 8,568 (244 second mortgage, 491 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,566

Longview,TX index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $112,000 (it was $74,300 in 2000)

Longview:	$112,000
Texas:	$120,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $68,700 - $157,600

Median year house/condo built: 1972

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship

Households: 70,672

In family households: 60,085 (13,793 male householders, 5,414 female householders)
14,019 spouses, 21,801 children (19,835 natural, 445 adopted, 1,521 stepchildren), 1,870 grandchildren, 676 brothers or sisters, 310 parents, 1,104 other relatives, 1,098 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,587 (3,902 male householders (3,167 living alone)), 5,253 female householders (4,857 living alone)), 1,432 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,486 (1,604 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,242 2-persons, 4,490 3-persons, 3,800 4-persons, 1,682 5-persons, 594 6-persons, 399 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,024 1-person, 954 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

11,770 married couples with children.
5,411 single-parent households (917 men, 4,494 women).

89.5% of residents of Longview speak English at home.
9.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 4,279 (5.8%)
(29.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Longview, Texas:
	1 room: 18 2 rooms: 185 3 rooms: 482 4 rooms: 1,180 5 rooms: 4,380 6 rooms: 4,788 7 rooms: 2,857 8 rooms: 1,421 9 or more rooms: 1,219

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Longview, Texas:
	1 room: 446 2 rooms: 1,274 3 rooms: 2,319 4 rooms: 3,842 5 rooms: 2,266 6 rooms: 1,127 7 rooms: 348 8 rooms: 78 9 or more rooms: 81

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 407
1995 to 1998: 1,501
1990 to 1994: 1,409
1980 to 1989: 6,491
1970 to 1979: 8,436
1960 to 1969: 5,559
1950 to 1959: 4,151
1940 to 1949: 1,551
1939 or earlier: 1,149

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Longview:
	no bedroom: 76 1 bedroom: 400 2 bedrooms: 2,971 3 bedrooms: 10,498 4 bedrooms: 2,386 5 or more bedrooms: 199

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Longview:
	no bedroom: 574 1 bedroom: 3,801 2 bedrooms: 5,151 3 bedrooms: 1,970 4 bedrooms: 251 5 or more bedrooms: 34

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Longview in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 595 1 vehicle: 4,863 2 vehicles: 7,924 3 vehicles: 2,421 4 vehicles: 590 5 or more vehicles: 137

Cars and other vehicles available in Longview in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,611 1 vehicle: 6,741 2 vehicles: 2,857 3 vehicles: 416 4 vehicles: 76 5 or more vehicles: 80

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Longview, TX:

Less than $10,000: 183
$10,000 to $14,999: 91
$15,000 to $19,999: 220
$20,000 to $24,999: 244
$25,000 to $29,999: 269
$30,000 to $34,999: 303
$35,000 to $39,999: 380
$40,000 to $49,999: 882
$50,000 to $59,999: 876
$60,000 to $69,999: 934
$70,000 to $79,999: 981
$80,000 to $89,999: 1033
$90,000 to $99,999: 948
$100,000 to $124,999: 2583
$125,000 to $149,999: 2288
$150,000 to $174,999: 1200
$175,000 to $199,999: 1009
$200,000 to $249,999: 1303
$250,000 to $299,999: 565
$300,000 to $399,999: 416
$400,000 to $499,999: 186
$500,000 to $749,999: 131
$750,000 to $999,999: 27
$1,000,000 or more: 63

Longview rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Longview:

Less than $100: 275 people
$100 to $149: 192
$150 to $199: 280
$200 to $249: 284
$250 to $299: 397
$300 to $349: 562
$350 to $399: 799
$400 to $449: 1,249
$450 to $499: 1,904
$500 to $549: 1,639
$550 to $599: 1,346
$600 to $649: 1,445
$650 to $699: 850
$700 to $749: 520
$750 to $799: 313
$800 to $899: 441
$900 to $999: 201
$1,000 to $1,249: 393
$1,250 to $1,499: 82
$1,500 to $1,999: 98
$2,000 or more: 150
No cash rent: 380

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,125 1990 to 1994: 1,192 1985 to 1989: 680 1980 to 1984: 360 1975 to 1979: 418 1970 to 1974: 147 1970 to 1974: 100 1965 to 1969: 257

Longview, TX Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 84.9%
Number of people working at home: 751 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1063
5 to 9 minutes: 5115
10 to 14 minutes: 7473
15 to 19 minutes: 7607
20 to 24 minutes: 4061
25 to 29 minutes: 641
30 to 34 minutes: 1702
35 to 39 minutes: 294
40 to 44 minutes: 315
45 to 59 minutes: 991
60 to 89 minutes: 604
90 or more minutes: 493

Longview mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 25,803 (83%)
Carpooled: 3,681 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 31 (0%)
Taxi: 33 (0%)
Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
Bicycle: 59 (0%)
Walked: 463 (1%)
Other means: 275 (1%)
Worked at home: 751 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3460
$10,000 to $14,999: 2308
$15,000 to $19,999: 2175
$20,000 to $24,999: 2421
$25,000 to $29,999: 2080
$30,000 to $34,999: 2093
$35,000 to $39,999: 1578
$40,000 to $44,999: 1663
$45,000 to $49,999: 1199
$50,000 to $59,999: 2453
$60,000 to $74,999: 2578
$75,000 to $99,999: 2130
$100,000 to $124,999: 965
$125,000 to $149,999: 360
$150,000 to $199,999: 364
$200,000 or more: 535

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 23555

United States or American: 7442

English: 4814

Irish: 4380

German: 4199

Scotch-Irish: 1081

French (except Basque): 1039

Italian: 823

Scottish: 814

Subsaharan African:: 545

African: 502

Dutch: 491

European: 452

French Canadian: 371

Polish: 334

Norwegian: 325

Swedish: 286

British: 270

Czech: 163

Welsh: 102

Arab:: 91

Lebanese: 68

Swiss: 66

Russian: 64

Portuguese: 64

Canadian: 53

Czechoslovakian: 48

Acadian/Cajun: 48

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 36

Hungarian: 33

Austrian: 32

Danish: 31

Greek: 31

Kenyan: 29

Yugoslavian: 26

Dutch West Indian: 23

Croatian: 23

Iranian: 23

Finnish: 21

Palestinian: 16

Celtic: 15

Nigerian: 14

Lithuanian: 13

Jamaican: 13

Guyanese: 11

Slovak: 10

Brazilian: 10

Turkish: 9

Pennsylvania German: 8

Scandinavian: 7

Basque: 7

Arab/Arabic: 7

Eastern European: 6

Ukrainian: 6

Armenian: 6

Romanian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (75%)
Germany (2%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Canada (2%)
El Salvador (2%)
Vietnam (1%)
India (1%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 49237
Northeast: 1450
Midwest: 4190
South: 10025
West: 3500

51% of Longview residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Texas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 376
Nursery to 4th grade: 187
5th and 6th grade: 446
7th and 8th grade: 410
9th grade: 610
10th grade: 601
11th grade: 666
12th grade, no diploma: 907
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,476
Less than 1 year of college: 1,623
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,485
Associate degree: 1,294
Bachelor's degree: 3,244
Master's degree: 1,104
Professional school degree: 372
Doctorate degree: 206

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 340
Nursery to 4th grade: 144
5th and 6th grade: 414
7th and 8th grade: 549
9th grade: 767
10th grade: 746
11th grade: 875
12th grade, no diploma: 931
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,272
Less than 1 year of college: 2,263
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,142
Associate degree: 1,602
Bachelor's degree: 3,158
Master's degree: 973
Professional school degree: 264
Doctorate degree: 62

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.4%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 18.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 13.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $43,779
Black householders: $25,900
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $13,382
Asian householders: $59,761
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $25,967
Some other race householders: $36,357
Two or more races householders: $27,406
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $38,986

Longview household income for White non-Hispanic householders

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Longview marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $127,375
Black or African American householders: $63,009
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $30,600
Asian householders: $118,180
Some other race householders: $57,432
Two or more races householders: $110,040
Hispanic or Latino householders: $68,285

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 19,598
One, attached: 884
Two: 1,931
3 or 4: 1,455
5 to 9: 1,962
10 to 19: 696
20 to 49: 425
50 or more: 2,448
Mobile homes: 1,219
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 36

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,305

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Longview:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (64%) Electricity (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (68%) Utility gas (31%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 600

Here:	6.8%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 252

Here:	5.4%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,065

Here:	36.3%
Texas:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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