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Local Opportunities In Longview, TexasLongview, Texas is an East Texas community of some seventy-four thousand. Although originally established in 1871, the economic and population boom in Longview, Texas did not occur until after the discovery of oil in East Texas in 1930.
In Longview, Texas the population is seventy percent Caucasian, with twenty-two percent African-American, and ten percent Hispanic. With a median age of thirty-four years, there are one hundred females to every ninety three men in Longview, Texas. The median income for a household is approximately thirty four thousand dollars with men earning thirty three thousand to twenty one thousand five hundred for women.
Temperatures in Longview, Texas range from a high of fifty seven degrees in January with a low of thirty four degrees to a high of ninety four degrees in August with a low of seventy two degrees. Like all of Texas, however, summer days of one hundred degrees and more are not uncommon.
There are four colleges or universities in Longview, Texas: Kilgore Community College, LeTourneau University, Texas Baptist College, and the University of Texas At Tyler. (There is also a local Star College of Cosmetology.)
Museums in Longview, Texas or in the immediate area include the Gregg County Historical Museum, the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, the R.G. LeTourneau Museum, and the East Texas Oil Museum. There are four local golf courses including the Longview Country Club.
Twenty-six hotels and motels accommodate visitors to Longview, Texas including: American Thrifty Inn, Comfort Suites, Days Inn All Suites, Economy Inn, Elm Brook Inn, Executive Inn and Suites, Express Inn, Fairfield Inn by Marriott, Guest Inn, Hampton Inn, two Holiday Inn Express locations, Homewood Suites Hotel, LaQuinta Inn, Longview Texas Lodge, MicroTel Inn & Suites, Motel 6, Park Ridge Inn, Parkview Inn & Suites, Quality Inn, Ramada Limited Suites, Stratford House Inn, Sunset Inn, two Super 8 Motel locations, and Wingate Inn.
More than a hundred restaurants serve the Longview community. These venues cover a range of cuisines and price points from casual family dining to more elegant venues. Most major restaurant and fast food chains are represented in Longview, Texas. There are also local symphony and ballet companies in Longview, Texas and several local theatres including a children's theatre.
Annual local events that draw visitors to Longview include the AlleyFest featuring art, music, foods and the Alley Run is held early each summer. In July, Longview plays host to the Great Texas Balloon Race which has the distinction of being the longest running hot-air balloon event in the Lone Star State.
For those seeking to move to this East Texas community or to attend classes there, there are plentiful apartments. Longview, Texas has an average rent somewhere around four hundred dollars for apartments. Longview, Texas has a total of approximately twelve thousand rental units of all types.
As a mid-sized East Texas community, Longview has an excellent range of amenities and opportunities for visitors and residents alike.
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