Photo: pasa47 · CC BY 2.0How is Longview run?
Longview’s city government spent $121.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,475 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Longview didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Longview is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,475 per resident a year, or $4.04 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 23%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Longview didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Longview yet
Every year of Longview’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 787 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $2,412 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.19% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Longview’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Longview’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Longview →
Who’s in charge in Longview
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Longview’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on longviewtexas.gov ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 96 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (82,531).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Longview Independent School District
Longview’s K–12 school district, shared with Lakeport, Easton. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,518 per pupil, $8,398 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
Pine Tree Independent School District · $12,741 per pupil
Spring Hill Independent School District · $11,225 per pupil
Hallsville Independent School District · $11,529 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Longview’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Longview alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Gregg County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.7%33,026 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.4%13,294 votesOthers: 0.9% (418 votes).
Most votes in Gregg County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
97% of Longview lies in Gregg County; the rest in Harrison County. Every 2024 race in Gregg County is on the county’s page.
Gregg County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Longview.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: longviewtexas.gov ↗
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Longview compares with the towns next door
Longview’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 1 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $551 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| White Oak | $551 | $2,163 |
| Longview | estimate | $2,412 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Longview’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Longview’s government
How much does Longview spend per resident?
About $1,475 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Longview didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $148.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in Longview?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,412 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.19% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see longviewtexas.gov.
Who runs Longview’s government?
See longviewtexas.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Longview yet.
How did Longview vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Longview alone. Gregg County, where 97% of Longview lies, voted Trump 70.7%, Harris 28.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Longview?
860 full-time and 65 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $5.3M (about $64.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Longview in the state legislature?
State Senate District 1 (Bryan Hughes) and State House District 7 (Jay Dean). The House district also covers 14 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Longview’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Longview, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →