Moving to Lubbock, Texas

About Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock

Lubbock ( LUB-ək) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwestern part of the state, in the Great Plains region, an area known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado, and ecologically is part of the southern end of the High Plains, lying at the economic center of the Lubbock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 367,109 in 2024.

Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City", derives from it being the economic, educational, and healthcare hub of the multicounty region, located north of the Permian Basin and south of the Texas Panhandle, commonly called the South Plains. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on water from the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation.

Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University, the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state.

Gender
Gender Lubbock Texas Country
Female 50.8% 50.3% 50.8%
Male 49.2% 49.7% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female50.8%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.09%5%10%11%13%17%12%13%5%4%$50K to $75K17.3%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Lubbock Texas Country
Less than $10,000 9.2% 6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5.2% 3.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 10.2% 8.4% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 10.6% 8.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 13.2% 12.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 17.3% 17.6% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.9% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 13.4% 15.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 4.7% 7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 4.3% 7.8% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.06%7%24%23%6%21%8%2%3%High School or GED24%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Lubbock Texas Country
< 9th Grade 6% 7% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 7% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 24% 25% 27.0%
Other College 23% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 21% 20% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 3% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Lubbock Texas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K9.265.85.23.94.110.28.48.510.68.98.613.212.31217.317.617.211.912.512.813.415.615.64.777.14.37.88.3
Education
 Lubbock Texas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade675787242527232220679212020889222311
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%7%0%3%36%0%2%0%White51.4%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Lubbock Texas Country
White 51.4% 41.4% 60.1%
African American 7.4% 11.8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.3% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 2.6% 4.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2% 2% 2.8%
Hispanic 36.2% 39.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Lubbock Texas  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite51.441.460.17.411.812.20.30.20.62.64.95.60.10.10.20.10.20.3222.836.239.418.2