Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Long View trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
3% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Below the poverty line: 11.3% of residents, next to 13.0% across North Carolina. Long View grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Long View
Long View makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Long View are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Long View residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Long View and Hickory trade workers both ways
Hickory is the top workplace for Long View residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Long View come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Long View averages 24 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (19 to 21 minutes). Next door ↓
Few Long View workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Long View
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Long View is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #130 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Long View’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($46,739, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Long View could be anywhere from C to B+.
A place that makes things: 48% of Long View’s jobs are in goods
3,074 jobs are based in Long View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long View, 2013 → 2023: 2,897 → 3,074. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
31% of working residents work in Hickory
Where Long View clocks in
31% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 24 minutes each way, about the NC average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long View workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,597 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Long View
On a workday 2,134 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 3,004 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Long View on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Long View’s workers travel
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Long View, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Long View is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #156 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,688 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.3% of Long View households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Long View’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Long View ranks: 1,953rd of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 83 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 291 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,951 | Iowa Park TX | 6,542 | $67K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 9% | B− |
| 1,952 | Boulevard Park WA | 4,575 | $79K | 28.0% | 4.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,953 | Long View NC | 5,387 | $47K | 11.3% | 2.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,954 | Penn Township PA | 4,098 | $61K | 12.0% | 2.0% | 10% | B− |
| 1,955 | Santa Teresa NM | 6,041 | $63K | 23.9% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Long View, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
The towns next door employ 32% of Long View
The biggest share goes to Hickory (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long View | – | B− | C+ | 24 min | $46,739 |
| Hickory | 31% | C+ | B | 21 min | $64,576 |
| Hildebran | 1% | C | C− | 20 min | $55,703 |
| Mountain View | under 2% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $71,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Long View’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Long View: questions
What is the median household income in Long View?
$46,739 (±$2,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long View?
11.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long View?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long View work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hickory (31%, 4 mi), Charlotte (7%, 47 mi), Conover (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Long View walkable?
Long View is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Long View without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long View
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.