Lockhart vs Luling

A side-by-side comparison of Lockhart and Luling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lockhart has the higher population (14,708 vs 5,486 in Luling). Lockhart has the higher median household income ($67,252 vs $55,733 in Luling). Lockhart has the higher median home value ($218,400 vs $212,500 in Luling).

Population, income & housing

	Lockhart	Luling
Population	14,708	5,486
Median age	37.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,252	$55,733
Median home value	$218,400	$212,500
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,038
Housing units	5,465	2,585
Homeownership rate	63.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockhart	Luling
Population	13,652 → 14,708 (+7.7%)	5,830 → 5,486 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$55,644 → $67,252 (+20.9%)	$48,919 → $55,733 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$141,000 → $218,400 (+54.9%)	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,161 (+18.8%)	$717 → $1,038 (+44.8%)

Lockhart

Population

13,65214,708

Median household income

$55,644$67,252

Median home value

$141,000$218,400

Median gross rent

$977$1,161

Luling

Population

5,8305,486

Median household income

$48,919$55,733

Median home value

$120,800$212,500

Median gross rent

$717$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockhart	Luling
Under 5	3.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	5.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.5%
75 and over	5.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockhart	Luling
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	33.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	56.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockhart	Luling
No high school diploma	12.9%	29.5%
High school graduate	44.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockhart	Luling
Drove alone	82.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockhart	Luling
1-unit, detached	66.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lockhart	Luling
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1984	1967