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Shallowater, TX

2,935 Population
1.4 square miles 2,025.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 32.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,984 ±$3,962 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $34,458 ±$780
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$79,848 ±$11,399 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $62,288 ±$1,319
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

4.6% ±2.8% (135  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17% 57,939 (±0.8% / ±2,696)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

18.5 minutes ±2.2 (24,210  ±4,080) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17.6 2,789,880 (±0.4 / ±72,080)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,007 ±69 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 138,525 ±992
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.9 ±0.2 (2,935  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.5 339,679 (±0 / ±426)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.1% ±2.2% (14  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.1% † 4,670 (±0.7% / ±601)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,083 ±83 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 154,226 ±216
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$210,400 ±$32,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $188,700 ±$3,914
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.1% ±7% (412  ±203.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 20.3% 71,091 (±1% / ±3,346.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

92.7% ±9% (1,741  ±229.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 87.5% 188,003 (±1.5% / ±3,249.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
26.7% ±5.3% (502  ±108.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 31.4% 67,363 (±0.9% / ±1,928.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±3.4% (122  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 22,194 (±0.5% / ±1,678)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8% ±3.2% (159  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 14,470 (±0.3% / ±850)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
159 Total veterans ±66 144 Male ±61 15 Female ±24

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