Ackerly vs Lamesa

A side-by-side comparison of Ackerly and Lamesa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lamesa has the higher population (8,527 vs 408 in Ackerly). Ackerly has the higher median household income ($66,786 vs $50,533 in Lamesa). Lamesa has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $71,800 in Ackerly).

Population, income & housing

	Ackerly	Lamesa
Population	408	8,527
Median age	30.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,786	$50,533
Median home value	$71,800	$85,800
Median gross rent	—	$903
Housing units	132	3,991
Homeownership rate	77.5%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ackerly	Lamesa
Population	214 → 408 (+90.7%)	9,221 → 8,527 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$48,000 → $66,786 (+39.1%)	$36,904 → $50,533 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $71,800 (+12.5%)	$70,400 → $85,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $532 (-11.3%)	$650 → $903 (+38.9%)

Ackerly

Population

214408

Median household income

$48,000$66,786

Median home value

$63,800$71,800

Median gross rent

$600$532

Lamesa

Population

9,2218,527

Median household income

$36,904$50,533

Median home value

$70,400$85,800

Median gross rent

$650$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ackerly	Lamesa
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	27.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	19.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.4%
75 and over	2.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ackerly	Lamesa
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	28.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.1%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ackerly	Lamesa
No high school diploma	26.0%	25.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ackerly	Lamesa
Drove alone	48.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	40.7%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ackerly	Lamesa
1-unit, detached	54.5%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Ackerly	Lamesa
Poverty rate	4.2%	20.6%
Average household size	3.40	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1983	1964