Idalou vs Lubbock

A side-by-side comparison of Idalou and Lubbock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lubbock has the higher population (261,078 vs 2,389 in Idalou). Idalou has the higher median household income ($70,655 vs $60,487 in Lubbock). Lubbock has the higher median home value ($197,900 vs $175,700 in Idalou).

Population, income & housing

	Idalou	Lubbock
Population	2,389	261,078
Median age	37.4 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,655	$60,487
Median home value	$175,700	$197,900
Median gross rent	$672	$1,137
Housing units	1,008	115,573
Homeownership rate	68.3%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idalou	Lubbock
Population	2,018 → 2,389 (+18.4%)	253,851 → 261,078 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$58,077 → $70,655 (+21.7%)	$50,453 → $60,487 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $175,700 (+60.8%)	$140,800 → $197,900 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $672 (+40.0%)	$955 → $1,137 (+19.1%)

Idalou

Population

2,0182,389

Median household income

$58,077$70,655

Median home value

$109,300$175,700

Median gross rent

$480$672

Lubbock

Population

253,851261,078

Median household income

$50,453$60,487

Median home value

$140,800$197,900

Median gross rent

$955$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idalou	Lubbock
Under 5	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	18.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.4%
75 and over	14.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idalou	Lubbock
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	49.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idalou	Lubbock
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idalou	Lubbock
Drove alone	79.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idalou	Lubbock
1-unit, detached	84.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Idalou	Lubbock
Poverty rate	13.1%	19.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1973	1983