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Lubbock, TX

272,085 Population
143.2 square miles 1,900.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,932 ±$1,504 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $35,176 ±$1,462
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,360 ±$2,792 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $64,469 ±$2,569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.9% ±2.1% (43,809  ±5,396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 15.8% † 55,581 (±1.8% / ±6,377)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.5 minutes ±0.9 (2,300,275  ±134,254) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 19.3 3,261,010 (±1 / ±194,405)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

109,722 ±2,532 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 143,160 ±2,692
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (259,416  ±469) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.5 350,705 (±0.1 / ±2,819)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±1.4% (3,055  ±1,048) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.2% † 4,960 (±1.4% / ±1,311)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

124,364 ±1,671 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 163,200 ±1,258
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$223,600 ±$7,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $218,900 ±$8,099
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22.7% ±2.4% (60,992  ±6,349.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 20.7% 75,184 (±1.8% / ±6,417.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±3.9% (145,477  ±6,554.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 89.1% 198,672 (±3.3% / ±7,402.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.7% ±2.2% (56,116  ±3,708.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 31.6% 70,400 (±1.8% / ±4,053.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • a little less than 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% ±1% (17,549  ±2,822) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6.5% † 23,711 (±0.9% / ±3,175)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.7% (10,099  ±1,548) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 4.7% † 13,104 (±0.6% / ±1,739)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,099 Total veterans ±1,548 9,395 Male ±1,438 704 Female ±448

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