Lamesa vs Welch

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

Lamesa and Welch 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 276 in Welch). Welch has the higher median household income ($60,208 vs $50,533 in Lamesa). Welch has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $85,800 in Lamesa).

Population, income & housing

	Lamesa	Welch
Population	8,527	276
Median age	34.3 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,533	$60,208
Median home value	$85,800	$97,500
Median gross rent	$903	—
Housing units	3,991	106
Homeownership rate	68.0%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamesa	Welch
Population	9,221 → 8,527 (-7.5%)	219 → 276 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$36,904 → $50,533 (+36.9%)	$58,563 → $60,208 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$70,400 → $85,800 (+21.9%)	$76,700 → $97,500 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $903 (+38.9%)	—

Lamesa

Population

9,2218,527

Median household income

$36,904$50,533

Median home value

$70,400$85,800

Median gross rent

$650$903

Welch

Population

219276

Median household income

$58,563$60,208

Median home value

$76,700$97,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamesa	Welch
Under 5	6.6%	36.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	23.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	3.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.8%
75 and over	7.1%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamesa	Welch
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	68.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamesa	Welch
No high school diploma	25.5%	45.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamesa	Welch
Drove alone	70.9%	96.9%
Carpooled	19.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.1%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamesa	Welch
1-unit, detached	88.1%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Lamesa	Welch
Poverty rate	20.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.43	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1964	1967