Conover vs Long View

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

Conover 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.

Conover has the higher population (8,491 vs 4,967 in Long View). Conover has the higher median household income ($57,375 vs $44,156 in Long View). Conover has the higher median home value ($238,300 vs $142,900 in Long View).

Population, income & housing

	Conover	Long View
Population	8,491	4,967
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,375	$44,156
Median home value	$238,300	$142,900
Median gross rent	$811	$744
Housing units	3,646	2,535
Homeownership rate	70.5%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conover	Long View
Population	8,452 → 8,491 (+0.5%)	4,959 → 4,967 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$52,237 → $57,375 (+9.8%)	$39,750 → $44,156 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $238,300 (+62.6%)	$89,400 → $142,900 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $811 (+10.3%)	$662 → $744 (+12.4%)

Conover

Population

8,4528,491

Median household income

$52,237$57,375

Median home value

$146,600$238,300

Median gross rent

$735$811

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)

	Conover	Long View
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.1%
75 and over	10.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conover	Long View
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	49.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conover	Long View
No high school diploma	13.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conover	Long View
Drove alone	77.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conover	Long View
1-unit, detached	60.3%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	9.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Conover	Long View
Poverty rate	12.4%	10.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1991	1971