Kilgore vs Longview

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

Kilgore 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 13,444 in Kilgore). Longview has the higher median household income ($62,488 vs $58,141 in Kilgore). Longview has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $154,600 in Kilgore).

Population, income & housing

	Kilgore	Longview
Population	13,444	82,765
Median age	33.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,141	$62,488
Median home value	$154,600	$182,700
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,061
Housing units	5,190	36,393
Homeownership rate	69.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilgore	Longview
Population	14,827 → 13,444 (-9.3%)	81,653 → 82,765 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$56,715 → $58,141 (+2.5%)	$49,086 → $62,488 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $154,600 (+26.5%)	$139,600 → $182,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,082 (+29.9%)	$840 → $1,061 (+26.3%)

Kilgore

Population

14,82713,444

Median household income

$56,715$58,141

Median home value

$122,200$154,600

Median gross rent

$833$1,082

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)

	Kilgore	Longview
Under 5	8.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilgore	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	51.5%
Black or African American	13.6%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilgore	Longview
No high school diploma	19.1%	13.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilgore	Longview
Drove alone	83.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilgore	Longview
1-unit, detached	80.7%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Kilgore	Longview
Poverty rate	19.6%	18.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1972	1978