Longview, TX
Longview, TX Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Longview, TX Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Longview ranks 218th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 238th for income. A household earns $65,711 a year while median rent runs $1,091/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 11% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (29th of 300), while education is the soft spot (280th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 76th and home prices 38th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Longview, your take-home is worth about $68,518 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 238th of 300↑17.4%$65,711
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 51st of 30089 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $73,432
- Per-capita income
- $33,714
- Full-time pay
- $40,452
Housing
- Median rent
- 76th of 300↑28.2%$1,091/mo
- Home value
- 38th of 300↑38.3%$208,000
- Property tax
- $1,818/yr · 0.9%
- Sales tax
- 8.20%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 151st of 3004.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 280th of 30021.9%
- Avg commute
- 104th of 30023.1 min
People
- Population
- 295,490
- Population change
- +3.1%
- Median age
- 38.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 5.7%
- Broadband
- 90.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 29th of 30037
- Natural-hazard loss
- 77th of 300$10/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 261st of 30022.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 16.2%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Air quality
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Education
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — longview e tx rgnl ap.
What jobs pay in Longview
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $143,620
- Pharmacists
- $137,280
- Financial managers
- $134,800
- Software developers
- $106,360
- Lawyers
- $105,590
- General & operations managers
- $89,660
- Civil engineers
- $87,090
- Registered nurses
- $80,330
- Accountants & auditors
- $75,060
- Police officers
- $70,800
- Web developers
- $62,470
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,950
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,210
- Plumbers
- $54,320
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $51,990
- Electricians
- $47,580
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,450
- Carpenters
- $46,160
- Customer service reps
- $37,850
- Construction laborers
- $37,840
- Janitors
- $30,470
- Retail salespersons
- $29,130
- Cashiers
- $27,740
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,240
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Longview metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Texas are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Louisiana551
- Arkansas357
- California353
- Oklahoma280
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Longview metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Longview metro?
- Median gross rent across the Longview, TX Metro Area is $1,091 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Longview.
- What is the median household income in the Longview metro?
- A typical household in the Longview, TX Metro Area earns $65,711 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Longview expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Longview, TX Metro Area runs about 11% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Longview metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $73,432 (versus its face value of $65,711). CityLedger rates the Longview, TX Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Longview metro?
- The median home value across the Longview, TX Metro Area is $208,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Longview metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area is 4.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).