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Gregg & Harrison counties
Vora in Longview.
Longview is in Gregg & Harrison counties. Here is who supplies the water, who fixes which side of the meter, and how old the houses are, with a source for every fact.
About 5 in 10 homes here were built before 1980.
More than half of Longview’s homes were built before 1980. Before a big repair, ask the plumber what your supply and drain pipes are made of.
- Population
- 83,236Census Bureau estimate, 2025; 81,638 in the 2020 census
- Median home built
- 1978US Census Bureau, American Community Survey
7 of the 26 are based in Longview
8 are in Gregg & Harrison counties. The state register lists 28 licensed plumbing companies in Longview. Vora checks your address when you ask.
Longview, plainly
- County
- Gregg & Harrison counties
- Water supplier
- City of Longview
- ZIP codes
- 75604, 75605, 75602, 75601, 75603ZIP areas covering most of the town
Some problems aren’t a plumber’s
The city’s own numbers.
Water supplier
City of Longview
Plumbing permits
City of Longview Building Inspection
Local notes
Water, freezes, permits
- Where the water comes from: The City of Longview currently treats and delivers water from three sources: the Sabine River, Lake Cherokee and Lake O' the Pines. Source
- Hardness, from the water report: Total Hardness as CaCO3 56.4 - 72.5 ppm. Source
- The freeze of February 2021: No citywide outage or boil notice: Longview kept water and power on through the storm. One water main break reported 2/19/21 (311 West Tyler St). Source
- Freezing nights: 35.1 nights a year at or below 32°F at Longview East Texas Regional Airport (NOAA normals, 1991–2020). Pipes in attics, crawl spaces and outside walls are the ones that burst. Source