Lumberton vs Sour Lake

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

Lumberton and Sour Lake 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 2,162 in Sour Lake). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($104,551 vs $73,190 in Sour Lake). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($271,500 vs $161,800 in Sour Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
Population	13,803	2,162
Median age	42.0 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,551	$73,190
Median home value	$271,500	$161,800
Median gross rent	$982	$1,164
Housing units	5,840	837
Homeownership rate	87.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
Population	12,692 → 13,803 (+8.8%)	2,206 → 2,162 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$71,563 → $104,551 (+46.1%)	$56,065 → $73,190 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $271,500 (+59.2%)	$97,400 → $161,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $982 (+15.4%)	$913 → $1,164 (+27.5%)

Lumberton

Population

12,69213,803

Median household income

$71,563$104,551

Median home value

$170,500$271,500

Median gross rent

$851$982

Sour Lake

Population

2,2062,162

Median household income

$56,065$73,190

Median home value

$97,400$161,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
Under 5	3.8%	12.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	29.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
Drove alone	89.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.3%
Other means	1.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
1-unit, detached	81.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Lumberton	Sour Lake
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1998	1978