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Lubbock, TX

263,937 Population
138 square miles 1,912 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 31.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,545 ±$2,749 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $34,554 ±$2,286
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
$56,910 ±$4,154 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $59,228 ±$3,781
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443

19.3% ±2.4% (48,905  ±6,136) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17.6% † 55,357 (±2% / ±6,417)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)

16.4 minutes ±1 (2,046,515  ±140,203) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17 2,575,605 (±0.8 / ±149,627)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)

Families

110,156 ±1,876 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 132,085 ±2,109
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
2.3 ±0 (252,446  ±437) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.4 314,784 (±0 / ±1,998)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404

4.1% ±1.7% (2,952  ±1,206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,774 (±1.4% / ±1,230)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)

Housing

119,947 ±1,399 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 145,068 ±902
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261

$210,300 ±$9,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $204,600 ±$9,655
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356

23.9% ±2.3% (62,579  ±6,009.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 21.5% 69,723 (±2% / ±6,347.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)

Social

89.4% ±3.4% (139,427  ±5,677.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 89.2% 175,371 (±3% / ±6,101.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
36% ±2% (56,104  ±3,270.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 34.6% 68,079 (±1.7% / ±3,451)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)

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

6.8% ±1.1% (17,872  ±2,969) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6.6% † 21,701 (±1% / ±3,309)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126

5.8% ±0.8% (11,867  ±1,656) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.6% † 14,062 (±0.7% / ±1,706)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
11,867 Total veterans ±1,656 10,027 Male ±1,382 1,840 Female ±826

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