Best PlacesLongview, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Longview metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Longview ranks 301st of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on biking and education levels. It does better on a stable housing market, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Longview metro
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.
The best areas in Longview
The towns and districts of the Longview metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Diana & Ore City
Local pay stretches further, fewer homes sit empty, and incomes run higher.
Tatum
It is quieter and tree cover is thicker.
Harleton
Advertised internet is slower.
Marshall & Hallsville
Scores close to Harleton, except that homes cost more here.
Henderson
Fewer households have young kids.
Downtown Longview
Crime runs higher and fewer residents vote.
Gladewater & White Oak
Streets are more walkable and commutes are shorter.
Gilmer & Big Sandy
Scores close to Gladewater & White Oak, except that prices have run up more here.
Kilgore
Fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Longview run from about the 4th to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Longview's strengths and weaknesses
Longview ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. A stable housing market is the standout, in the top 2% of metro areas. Affordable childcare and low taxes follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: biking, education levels, and walkability all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Longview ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 95% of metro areas
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 88% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of metro areas
Where Longview ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 5% of metro areas
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of metro areas
- WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of metro areas
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Longview
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Longview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,865, 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's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Longview
Longview's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Longview.
Who works in Longview, and how
Work in Longview centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Longview
Longview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of metro areas and more late-night spots per resident than 67% of metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Longview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Longview growing, and who is moving in?
Longview has grown about 4% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Dallas, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Longview go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Longview, month by month
Longview sees roughly 85 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
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Longview
Schools across Longview average a B−, better than 57% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Hudson ElA+ · 88% proficient
- Hallsville North ElA− · 60% proficient
- Bramlette Steam AcademyB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Hill J HA− · 56% proficient
- Hallsville J HA− · 56% proficient
- Harleton J HA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Hallsville H SA · 71% proficient
- Spring Hill H SA · 68% proficient
- Gilmer H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Longview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Longview 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 against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Longview suits
Common questions about living in Longview
Is Longview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Longview ranks 301st of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Longview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,520. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $69,865 median income, cost of living beats 24% of metro areas.
Is Longview safe?
Longview is safer than 30% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Longview?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 38. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Longview?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Diana & Ore City, Tatum, and Harleton. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Longview good for families?
Schools beat 57% of metro areas, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $574 a month.
Is Longview good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 24% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 18% of metro areas. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Longview with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Longview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Longview 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Longview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Longview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Longview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Longview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Longview 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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