Lumberton vs Silsbee

A side-by-side comparison of Lumberton and Silsbee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumberton has the higher population (13,803 vs 6,883 in Silsbee). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($104,551 vs $60,083 in Silsbee). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($271,500 vs $160,600 in Silsbee).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Silsbee
Population	13,803	6,883
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,551	$60,083
Median home value	$271,500	$160,600
Median gross rent	$982	$967
Housing units	5,840	3,290
Homeownership rate	87.1%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Silsbee
Population	12,692 → 13,803 (+8.8%)	6,634 → 6,883 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$71,563 → $104,551 (+46.1%)	$46,034 → $60,083 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $271,500 (+59.2%)	$107,700 → $160,600 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $982 (+15.4%)	$802 → $967 (+20.6%)

Lumberton

Population

12,69213,803

Median household income

$71,563$104,551

Median home value

$170,500$271,500

Median gross rent

$851$982

Silsbee

Population

6,6346,883

Median household income

$46,034$60,083

Median home value

$107,700$160,600

Median gross rent

$802$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Silsbee
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Silsbee
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	53.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Silsbee
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Silsbee
Drove alone	89.2%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Silsbee
1-unit, detached	81.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Silsbee
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1998	1975