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Get results in days, not monthsResults in days, not monthsWho types near me into Google at lunchtime in Longview? Mostly people who cannot take the call from home. Only 4.6% of workers here work remotely, lower than in 91% of the cities in our set, and just 8.8% commute 45 minutes or more, so the 82,176 residents run errands between shifts, shop on Loop 281, eat near downtown and book the dentist closest to work.
GetPhound writes service pages, builds Google Maps listings and organizes business facts for companies along Loop 281, Judson Road and the downtown Cultural District. There is no contract and no setup charge, billing runs month to month, and a short, readable report from Search Console and Analytics follows each month.
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City Search Competition Index
63.8/ 100
Rank 56 of 203 in Texas
From the Census ACS 2018-2022, 2023 population estimates and County Business Patterns 2022. Each bar compares Longview with the other 202 Texas cities in this set, not with the country. How the score is built: methodology. Updated October 2026.
Who is searching
Work happens on site. Only 4.6% of workers work from home against 9.5% in the typical Texas city, 8.8% commute 45 minutes or more against 15.6%, and unemployment is 3.5%. People with jobs and short drives search in short windows, before work, at lunch and on the way home, and they pick the listing that is open, close and easy to call. A profile with a tap-to-call number, correct hours and recent photos does more here than a long description, because the person searching is already moving.
Rents, home values and paychecks all sit below typical. Some 46.6% of households rent against 38%, the median home value is $170,000 against $246,300, median rent is $1,000 against $1,313, and median household income is $61,003 against $76,686, with 17.1% of residents below the poverty line against 10.8%. Pages that state prices, what is included and how payment works answer the questions careful households ask.
Families and older residents add texture. About 15.6% of residents are 65 or older against 12.6% typical, 24.6% are under 18, and the median age is 35.1. LeTourneau University adds nearly 3,000 students on the south side, and four school districts overlap the city, Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill and Hallsville, so many families describe where they live by district name rather than neighborhood. A pediatric office or an after-school program that names its district speaks directly to that habit.
The mix is steady. The 2023 estimate of 83,236 is 1.9% above the 2020 base, 17% speak Spanish at home against 17.9% typical, and 9.7% were born abroad. Longview is the center of a metro area that includes Gregg, Upshur and Rusk counties, so local SEO for Longview companies also has to reach customers who live outside the city limits and drive in.
On the map
The city sprawls across 55.827 square miles, so residents give directions by a beltway, a mall, a museum or a campus. Listings and pages that repeat those names read the way the 82,176 residents talk, and they help visitors who arrive knowing only a landmark.
| Part of town | Why it matters in search |
|---|---|
| Downtown Longview | A Texas Main Street community built around the railroad, where offices, restaurants and shops are easiest to describe by their distance from the museum and the courthouse. |
| Cultural District | A state-designated district granted in 2019, covering more than 320 acres from downtown down Mobberly Avenue to the Belcher Center at LeTourneau, with ArtWalks in April, June, October and December. |
| Gregg County Historical Museum | In the Everett Building downtown, with an exhibit in the vault of the bank the Dalton gang robbed in 1894, a draw for visitors who then search for lunch and parking. |
| Longview Mall | At 3500 McCann Road at West Loop 281, described by its owner as the only enclosed regional mall within a 45-mile radius, so shops nearby draw drivers from several towns. |
| Loop 281 | A partial beltway around the city; the western section runs through heavily developed areas, and Longview Marketplace, anchored by Burlington, sits at Loop 281 and Judson Road. |
| Judson Road | A north-south artery linking the north-side retail area with dense neighborhoods, hospital districts and downtown, which makes it a common reference in directions. |
| Maude Cobb Convention Center | At 100 Grand Boulevard, the city's listed venue for the Great Texas Balloon Race, so hotels and restaurants nearby see crowds in June. |
| Longview Arboretum and Nature Center | A 29-acre arboretum that opened in 2019, a weekend draw for families and photographers. |
| LeTourneau University | A private university founded in 1946, on the south side about two miles north of Interstate 20 and known for aviation and engineering, with housing and food searches each term. |
Names come from public city, county and regional sources. Boundaries are informal, and searchers use whatever local name they know.
Who is buying
Among Longview's 82,176 residents, the ACS count lists 5,640 jobs in health care and social assistance (14.6%), 5,105 in retail (13.2%), 3,898 in manufacturing (10.1%), 3,517 in accommodation and food (9.1%), 3,101 in education (8%) and 2,591 in construction (6.7%). Manufacturing sits third, behind the hospitals and retail, and plant payrolls give auto shops, barbers, diners and child care a steady base of weekday customers.
The 2024-2025 city financial report ranks CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center first at 3,000 employees, Eastman Chemical second at 1,510 and Longview Regional Medical Center third at 1,393, followed by Dollar General at 762, Komatsu at 675, AAON Coil Products at 613 and Trinity Rail at 450. Longview Independent School District has 8,150 students in 16 schools and Pine Tree has 4,424. Those payrolls support a long tail of restaurants, repair shops and child care, and each of those businesses depends on being found by employees who arrive from several directions along I-20 and U.S. 80.
County figures show which fields are busiest. Gregg County, with 126,243 residents, has 101 full-service restaurants at 1.19 times the typical density, 100 law offices at 2.76 times, 97 physicians' offices at 1.91 times and 88 insurance agencies at 1.94 times. Read them as county totals rather than city ones. For law, medicine and insurance a page for a single specialty can separate a firm from many look-alikes.
Workforce profile
Jobs shape budgets, schedules and the services people look for. Here are the six industries that employ the most Longview residents, based on the American Community Survey.
| Industry | Employed residents | Share of employed |
|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 5,640 | 14.6% |
| Retail trade | 5,105 | 13.2% |
| Manufacturing | 3,898 | 10.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 3,517 | 9.1% |
| Education | 3,101 | 8% |
| Construction | 2,591 | 6.7% |
From the Census ACS 5-year estimates (2018-2022), employed civilians 16 and older. A resident may work outside the city, so this is about people who live here.
Rivals by business type
The Census reports business counts by county, never by city. Each row below describes Gregg County in full, with Longview inside it. The last column compares each business type with the typical U.S. county; over 1.0x is more crowded.
| Business type | Count in Gregg County | Per 10,000 people | Compared with a typical U.S. county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law offices | 100 | 7.9 | 2.76x |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 88 | 7 | 1.94x |
| Dentists | 68 | 5.4 | 1.94x |
| Physicians offices | 97 | 7.7 | 1.91x |
| Full-service restaurants | 101 | 8 | 1.19x |
From County Business Patterns 2022 (Census): businesses with paid staff, tallied for the entire county.
What the plan covers
Loop 281, Judson Road, downtown
A business names the stretch it sits on, the nearest landmark and the cross street, so a search for the closest one lands on the right page. Longview Mall, Longview Marketplace and the Cultural District all work as reference points.
Hospitals and plants, 4.6% remote
With so few people working from home, listings that show early, late and weekend hours exactly win calls from CHRISTUS Good Shepherd, Eastman Chemical and Komatsu shifts. Holiday hours posted a week ahead prevent locked-door visits.
Longview, Pine Tree, Spring Hill
Family-focused businesses can say which district they sit in or near, because parents often search by district. A dentist or tutor near Pine Tree schools and one near Longview Independent School District campuses can each earn a distinct page, and the 4,424 students in Pine Tree and 8,150 in Longview ISD make both audiences real.
June crowds, quarterly walks
Hotels, restaurants and shops near the Maude Cobb Convention Center and downtown can refresh posts and hours before the Great Texas Balloon Race in June and the ArtWalks in April, June, October and December.
Crowded county fields
With 100 law offices and 97 physicians' offices in Gregg County, each practice needs a reason to be chosen. One page per case type, procedure or policy kind, with directions and a clear next step, supplies it.
For 46.6% renting households
Renters change addresses often and need a first mechanic, barber or pharmacy, and 46.6% of households here rent. A plain page that says what a first visit involves, with a map pin, gives them a reason to choose the closest listing.
A plan for 82,176 residents and the drivers who come in from the rest of the metro area starts with corridors, then fits shifts, schools and visitors.
Peer cities
Peers are chosen on eight measures: population, income, age, renting, density, Spanish at home, seasonal housing and older residents. Click a name to read that city's page.
| City | Competition index | Population | Median income | Median age | Renter share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview, TX (this city) | 63.8 | 82,176 | $61,003 | 35.1 | 46.6% |
| Beaumont, TX | 39.1 | 114,573 | $53,745 | 35.5 | 45.6% |
| Tyler, TX | 62.3 | 106,440 | $63,056 | 34.9 | 45.1% |
| Temple, TX | 16.9 | 83,473 | $61,003 | 34 | 47.2% |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 36.8 | 102,482 | $55,584 | 32.8 | 43.7% |
| Conroe, TX | 41 | 92,475 | $71,630 | 33.5 | 43.9% |
From Census ACS 2018-2022. All cities are compared on the same eight measures.
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Straight answers
Billing is monthly on every plan. RankGuarantee™ is $495; Organic Growth runs $1,495 for Silver, $2,495 for Gold and $3,495 for Platinum. Nothing is billed to start, and a managed website comes with Gold and Platinum. Look above for the scope of each plan, and the pricing page goes into more detail.
Nobody can name a date, and anyone who offers one is guessing. A fixed listing and a new page for one service may show movement within weeks, while competitive searches across Gregg County take months. The monthly report lists impressions, calls and form fills so you can see what moved.
It tends to. Shoppers on McCann Road and Loop 281 compare several nearby options on a phone, so the right category, true hours, photos of the entrance and reviews that mention the mall make a listing easier to pick.
If it fits, yes. A line that places the office near the Gregg County Historical Museum or on a stretch of Mobberly Avenue helps people who search by landmark, and fresh posts during an ArtWalk reach people already downtown.
Name the district, Pine Tree or Spring Hill, and the nearest school or road in plain words. Four districts overlap the city, so parents search by district, and a page that matches their words is easier for them to trust than one that only gives a street address.
Often. Purchasing staff and visiting crews search for vendors, repair shops and lodging, and Eastman Chemical, Komatsu and AAON Coil Products are among the larger employers. A supplier with a complete profile and service pages is easier to find than one known only by reputation.
They do, for food, lodging and parking. Listed dates are in June, and the city lists the Maude Cobb Convention Center as the venue, so businesses within a short drive can refresh hours, photos and posts a few weeks beforehand.
Usually, because the field is crowded and searchers choose quickly. Gregg County has 100 law offices and 88 insurance agencies, so specific pages, clear reviews and accurate hours separate a firm from its neighbors.
Neighboring cities
Straight-line distances run from one city center to the next:
Looking at all of Gregg County? Read the Gregg County SEO page instead.
Contact us
Describe what you sell and which corridor your customers drive on to reach you, whether Loop 281, Judson Road or downtown Longview. We will sketch pages that meet them before they head out. Call 610-825-4363 or email hello@getphound.com.