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Lubbock, TX

266,878 Population
142 square miles 1,879.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,306 ±$1,800 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $33,689 ±$1,476
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$54,451 ±$2,790 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $57,093 ±$2,907
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

18.7% ±2.6% (47,923  ±6,690) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17.5% † 60,421 (±2% / ±7,038)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

16.8 minutes ±0.9 (2,135,870  ±135,837) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 18.2 3,001,315 (±0.7 / ±142,842)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

108,609 ±2,613 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 143,229 ±2,927
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.4 ±0.1 (255,360  ±574) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.4 345,489 (±0.1 / ±2,448)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±1.7% (3,321  ±1,237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5% † 4,668 (±1.3% / ±1,212)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

121,412 ±1,584 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 161,841 ±1,152
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$217,800 ±$8,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $204,500 ±$8,647
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

22% ±2.2% (57,843  ±5,777.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 19.7% 70,136 (±1.8% / ±6,544.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

88.1% ±3.7% (138,318  ±6,109.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 87.2% 191,683 (±3.1% / ±6,992.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
33.2% ±2.2% (52,160  ±3,548.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 30.1% 66,266 (±1.8% / ±3,906.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

5.9% ±1.3% (15,669  ±3,343) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6% † 21,552 (±1.1% / ±3,848)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

4.5% ±0.7% (9,160  ±1,508) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 4.9% † 13,387 (±0.7% / ±1,890)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
9,160 Total veterans ±1,508 8,080 Male ±1,381 1,080 Female ±482

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