Higgins vs Lipscomb

A side-by-side comparison of Higgins and Lipscomb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Higgins has the higher population (499 vs 70 in Lipscomb). Higgins has the higher median home value ($93,600 vs $82,200 in Lipscomb). Since 2019, Lipscomb's population has grown faster (+191.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Higgins	Lipscomb
Population	499	70
Median age	33.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	—
Median home value	$93,600	$82,200
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	224	40
Homeownership rate	85.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	20.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higgins	Lipscomb
Population	595 → 499 (-16.1%)	24 → 70 (+191.7%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)	$56,250 → $58,750 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $93,600 (+38.7%)	$87,500 → $82,200 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $725 (+1.4%)	—

Higgins

Population

595499

Median household income

$49,583$56,875

Median home value

$67,500$93,600

Median gross rent

$715$725

Lipscomb

Population

2470

Median household income

$56,250$58,750

Median home value

$87,500$82,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higgins	Lipscomb
Under 5	4.2%	12.9%
5 to 17	35.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	18.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	22.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	1.4%
45 to 54	3.4%	2.9%
55 to 64	6.2%	22.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.6%
75 and over	8.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higgins	Lipscomb
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higgins	Lipscomb
No high school diploma	12.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	49.7%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higgins	Lipscomb
Drove alone	73.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higgins	Lipscomb
1-unit, detached	77.7%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Higgins	Lipscomb
Poverty rate	24.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.02	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1973	1941