Catawba vs Long View

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Long View: population, income, housing, and more.

Catawba and Long View are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Long View has the higher population (4,967 vs 632 in Catawba). Catawba has the higher median household income ($44,659 vs $44,156 in Long View). Long View has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $138,100 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Long View
Population	632	4,967
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,659	$44,156
Median home value	$138,100	$142,900
Median gross rent	$1,098	$744
Housing units	388	2,535
Homeownership rate	72.9%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Long View
Population	462 → 632 (+36.8%)	4,959 → 4,967 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $44,659 (-10.4%)	$39,750 → $44,156 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $138,100 (+32.2%)	$89,400 → $142,900 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,098 (+43.7%)	$662 → $744 (+12.4%)

Catawba

Population

462632

Median household income

$49,821$44,659

Median home value

$104,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$764$1,098

Long View

Population

4,9594,967

Median household income

$39,750$44,156

Median home value

$89,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$662$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Long View
Under 5	3.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	21.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Long View
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	49.7%
Black or African American	19.0%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Long View
No high school diploma	23.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Long View
Drove alone	91.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Long View
1-unit, detached	87.9%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Long View
Poverty rate	20.3%	10.8%
Average household size	1.84	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1959	1971