Lubbock vs Slaton

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

Lubbock and Slaton 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 5,811 in Slaton). Lubbock has the higher median household income ($60,487 vs $54,380 in Slaton). Lubbock has the higher median home value ($197,900 vs $86,400 in Slaton).

Population, income & housing

	Lubbock	Slaton
Population	261,078	5,811
Median age	30.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,487	$54,380
Median home value	$197,900	$86,400
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,042
Housing units	115,573	2,271
Homeownership rate	50.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubbock	Slaton
Population	253,851 → 261,078 (+2.8%)	5,960 → 5,811 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $60,487 (+19.9%)	$36,295 → $54,380 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $197,900 (+40.6%)	$74,100 → $86,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,137 (+19.1%)	$761 → $1,042 (+36.9%)

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

Slaton

Population

5,9605,811

Median household income

$36,295$54,380

Median home value

$74,100$86,400

Median gross rent

$761$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubbock	Slaton
Under 5	6.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubbock	Slaton
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	45.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubbock	Slaton
No high school diploma	10.8%	17.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubbock	Slaton
Drove alone	77.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubbock	Slaton
1-unit, detached	64.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Lubbock	Slaton
Poverty rate	19.0%	16.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1983	1963