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Lubbock, TX Urban Area

283,565 Population
106.3 square miles 2,668.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,055 ±$1,484 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,985 ±$2,856 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.7% ±2.2% (45,274  ±5,985) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.3 minutes ±0.9 (2,347,505  ±144,005) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

112,894 ±2,775 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (270,916  ±4,975) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1.4% (3,577  ±1,128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

127,865 ±2,304 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$223,700 ±$8,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22.9% ±2.1% (64,126  ±6,079.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±3.6% (152,142  ±6,679.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.3% ±2.1% (57,845  ±3,696.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.5% ±0.9% (18,343  ±2,675) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.7% (10,257  ±1,554) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,257 Total veterans ±1,554 9,523 Male ±1,450 734 Female ±449

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