Longview vs White Oak

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

Longview and White Oak 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 6,208 in White Oak). White Oak has the higher median household income ($95,193 vs $62,488 in Longview). White Oak has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $182,700 in Longview).

Population, income & housing

	Longview	White Oak
Population	82,765	6,208
Median age	35.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,488	$95,193
Median home value	$182,700	$219,200
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,134
Housing units	36,393	2,400
Homeownership rate	53.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longview	White Oak
Population	81,653 → 82,765 (+1.4%)	6,331 → 6,208 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$49,086 → $62,488 (+27.3%)	$64,118 → $95,193 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$139,600 → $182,700 (+30.9%)	$171,100 → $219,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,061 (+26.3%)	$1,089 → $1,134 (+4.1%)

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

White Oak

Population

6,3316,208

Median household income

$64,118$95,193

Median home value

$171,100$219,200

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longview	White Oak
Under 5	6.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.6%
75 and over	6.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longview	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	67.7%
Black or African American	21.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longview	White Oak
No high school diploma	13.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longview	White Oak
Drove alone	82.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longview	White Oak
1-unit, detached	61.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Longview	White Oak
Poverty rate	18.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.44	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1978	1981