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Lubbock, TX

Lubbock County

City in and county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States.

Population
272,086 (2024)
Density
1,900 / sq mi
Land area
143.2 sq mi
Water area
1.3 sq mi
Elevation
3,255 ft
Founded
1890
Coordinates
33.5619, -101.8889

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Photos of Lubbock

  • TTU West Campus Hall

    Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Holden Properties Historic District

    Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • William Curry and Olive Price Holden House

    Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • James C. Watkins

    JCWclayworks · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Bruno sculpture dedication TTU 2015

    Leaflet · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Coleman 061416 (NW) (33284126246)

    Texas Tech University - Univ… · CC BY 2.0

  • Coleman 061416 (FULL- 66 Windows) (33284126366)

    Texas Tech University - Univ… · CC BY 2.0

  • Coleman 061416 (NE) (32482154384)

    Texas Tech University - Univ… · CC BY 2.0

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Climate

July average high
93°F
January average low
27°F
Annual rainfall
18.3 in
Annual snowfall
7.0 in
  1. 55° 27° Jan 0.7"
  2. 60° 31° Feb 0.7"
  3. 68° 38° Mar 1.1"
  4. 76° 46° Apr 1.3"
  5. 84° 57° May 2.7"
  6. 92° 66° Jun 2.6"
  7. 93° 69° Jul 2.0"
  8. 92° 68° Aug 1.7"
  9. 85° 60° Sep 2.6"
  10. 76° 48° Oct 1.5"
  11. 64° 36° Nov 0.8"
  12. 55° 28° Dec 0.8"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Lubbock (12 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Lubbock ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$60,487
Median rent
$1,137 / mo
Median home value
$197,900
Median age
30.4
Unemployment
4.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.9%
Poverty rate
19.0%
Renter-occupied homes
49.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
80
Students enrolled
42,767
Students per teacher
14.3 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
64.0%
Charter schools
13.8%
School districts serving the city
11

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Districts: Lubbock Isd, Lubbock-Cooper Isd, Frenship Isd, Roosevelt Isd, Premier High Schools

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
37.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
29.5%
Adults with diabetes
12.5%
Adults who smoke
14.1%
Frequent mental distress
17.9%
Sleeping under 7 hours
36.7%
Adults without health insurance
18.6%
Routine checkup in past year
72.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
50.1%
Share of city that is parkland
3.6%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
9.0
Median air quality index (county)
24
Unhealthy air days (county)
2

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
87.4%
Households with no internet
8.0%
Average commute
16.2 min
Work from home
6.6%
Commute by transit
0.7%
Commute on foot
2.0%
Commute by bike
0.5%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Lubbock County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 4 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Drought: very high
  • Hail: very high
  • Strong wind: very high
  • Tornado: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 79401
  • 79402
  • 79403
  • 79404
  • 79406
  • 79407
  • 79410
  • 79411
  • 79412
  • 79413
  • 79414
  • 79415
  • 79416
  • 79423
  • 79424