Best PlacesLongview Heights, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Longview Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Longview Heights ranks 7,943rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Longview Heights
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Longview Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Longview Heights ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Longview Heights ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Longview Heights
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Longview Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,592, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Longview Heights' effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Longview Heights
Longview Heights runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Longview Heights.
Who works in Longview Heights, and how
Work in Longview Heights centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Longview Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Longview Heights.
What the weather is like in Longview Heights, month by month
Longview Heights sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Longview Heights
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Longview Heights
Schools across Longview Heights average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hallsville North ElA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hallsville IntA · 61% proficient
- Hallsville J HA− · 56% proficient
- Pine Tree J HB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Hallsville H SA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Longview Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Longview Heights measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Longview Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Longview Heights
Is Longview Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Longview Heights ranks 7,943rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Longview Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,558. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $89,592 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Longview Heights safe?
Yes, Longview Heights is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Longview Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Longview Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Longview Heights represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Longview Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Longview Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Longview Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Longview Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Longview Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Longview Heights detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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