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Lubbock, TX Urban Area

283,024 Population
106.3 square miles 2,663.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,668 ±$1,708 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,007 ±$2,979 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.3% ±2.5% (49,729  ±6,869) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

16.7 minutes ±0.8 (2,258,045  ±142,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

114,479 ±2,790 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (271,613  ±5,079) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±1.4% (3,432  ±1,062) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

127,838 ±1,817 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$218,500 ±$8,413 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

21.7% ±2.2% (60,724  ±6,271) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.6% ±3.5% (148,767  ±6,560.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.3% ±2% (54,254  ±3,589.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

5.7% ±1.2% (15,991  ±3,339) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.7% ±0.8% (10,049  ±1,799) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,049 Total veterans ±1,799 8,522 Male ±1,465 1,527 Female ±726

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