Huntington vs Lufkin

A side-by-side comparison of Huntington and Lufkin: population, income, housing, and more.

Huntington and Lufkin are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lufkin has the higher population (34,158 vs 4,022 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median household income ($62,569 vs $56,722 in Lufkin). Lufkin has the higher median home value ($162,600 vs $102,000 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Lufkin
Population	4,022	34,158
Median age	37.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,569	$56,722
Median home value	$102,000	$162,600
Median gross rent	$956	$1,043
Housing units	1,543	14,397
Homeownership rate	41.7%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Lufkin
Population	2,470 → 4,022 (+62.8%)	35,465 → 34,158 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $62,569 (+85.4%)	$48,588 → $56,722 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $102,000 (+32.1%)	$116,800 → $162,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $956 (+77.7%)	$856 → $1,043 (+21.8%)

Huntington

Population

2,4704,022

Median household income

$33,750$62,569

Median home value

$77,200$102,000

Median gross rent

$538$956

Lufkin

Population

35,46534,158

Median household income

$48,588$56,722

Median home value

$116,800$162,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Lufkin
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.2%
75 and over	8.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Lufkin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	42.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Lufkin
No high school diploma	14.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Lufkin
Drove alone	86.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	5.1%
Other means	3.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Lufkin
1-unit, detached	72.3%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Lufkin
Poverty rate	13.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1982	1980