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Shallowater, TX

2,955 Population
1.6 square miles 1,822.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,689 ±$3,712 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $35,300 ±$812
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,107 ±$18,140 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $63,629 ±$1,787
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±2.1% (110  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 16.9% 58,064 (±0.9% / ±2,930)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±2.2 (26,835  ±3,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17.8 2,852,160 (±0.4 / ±81,274)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,007 ±76 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 140,553 ±1,006
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (2,955  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.4 343,216 (±0 / ±384)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±2.5% (14  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,542 (±0.7% / ±668)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,121 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 157,215 ±201
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$210,000 ±$73,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $202,700 ±$4,109
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±6% (357  ±174.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 19.8% 70,133 (±0.9% / ±3,010.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±9.5% (1,770  ±230.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 88.1% 191,549 (±1.6% / ±3,432.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±4.3% (458  ±90.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 31.6% 68,694 (±0.9% / ±2,039.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5% ±4.1% (147  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 22,693 (±0.4% / ±1,572)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±3.1% (117  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5% 13,618 (±0.3% / ±848)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
117 Total veterans ±63 117 Male ±63 N/A Female ±15

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