Gladewater vs Longview

A side-by-side comparison of Gladewater and Longview: population, income, housing, and more.

Gladewater and Longview are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longview has the higher population (82,765 vs 6,297 in Gladewater). Longview has the higher median household income ($62,488 vs $52,100 in Gladewater). Longview has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $162,400 in Gladewater).

Population, income & housing

	Gladewater	Longview
Population	6,297	82,765
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$62,488
Median home value	$162,400	$182,700
Median gross rent	$984	$1,061
Housing units	2,704	36,393
Homeownership rate	57.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladewater	Longview
Population	5,991 → 6,297 (+5.1%)	81,653 → 82,765 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$31,265 → $52,100 (+66.6%)	$49,086 → $62,488 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $162,400 (+81.3%)	$139,600 → $182,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $984 (+16.0%)	$840 → $1,061 (+26.3%)

Gladewater

Population

5,9916,297

Median household income

$31,265$52,100

Median home value

$89,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$848$984

Longview

Population

81,65382,765

Median household income

$49,086$62,488

Median home value

$139,600$182,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladewater	Longview
Under 5	9.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladewater	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	51.5%
Black or African American	21.2%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladewater	Longview
No high school diploma	17.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladewater	Longview
Drove alone	83.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladewater	Longview
1-unit, detached	80.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Gladewater	Longview
Poverty rate	27.2%	18.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1974	1978