Lubbock vs Shallowater

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

Lubbock and Shallowater 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 2,935 in Shallowater). Shallowater has the higher median household income ($79,848 vs $60,487 in Lubbock). Shallowater has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $197,900 in Lubbock).

Population, income & housing

	Lubbock	Shallowater
Population	261,078	2,935
Median age	30.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,487	$79,848
Median home value	$197,900	$210,400
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,179
Housing units	115,573	1,083
Homeownership rate	50.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubbock	Shallowater
Population	253,851 → 261,078 (+2.8%)	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $60,487 (+19.9%)	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $197,900 (+40.6%)	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,137 (+19.1%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

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

Shallowater

Population

2,5512,935

Median household income

$68,529$79,848

Median home value

$148,900$210,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubbock	Shallowater
Under 5	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	27.4%
18 to 24	18.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.7%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubbock	Shallowater
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	65.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubbock	Shallowater
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubbock	Shallowater
Drove alone	77.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubbock	Shallowater
1-unit, detached	64.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Lubbock	Shallowater
Poverty rate	19.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1983	1986