Lubbock vs Ransom Canyon

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

Lubbock and Ransom Canyon 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 1,081 in Ransom Canyon). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $60,487 in Lubbock). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $197,900 in Lubbock).

Population, income & housing

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
Population	261,078	1,081
Median age	30.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,487	$111,458
Median home value	$197,900	$311,600
Median gross rent	$1,137	—
Housing units	115,573	531
Homeownership rate	50.8%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
Population	253,851 → 261,078 (+2.8%)	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $60,487 (+19.9%)	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $197,900 (+40.6%)	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,137 (+19.1%)	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)

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

Ransom Canyon

Population

1,0561,081

Median household income

$105,000$111,458

Median home value

$252,700$311,600

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
Under 5	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.3%
75 and over	5.2%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
Drove alone	77.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
1-unit, detached	64.4%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lubbock	Ransom Canyon
Poverty rate	19.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1983	1987