Lubbock vs Wolfforth

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

Lubbock and Wolfforth 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 6,189 in Wolfforth). Wolfforth has the higher median household income ($92,143 vs $60,487 in Lubbock). Wolfforth has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $197,900 in Lubbock).

Population, income & housing

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
Population	261,078	6,189
Median age	30.4 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,487	$92,143
Median home value	$197,900	$245,000
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,430
Housing units	115,573	2,225
Homeownership rate	50.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
Population	253,851 → 261,078 (+2.8%)	4,821 → 6,189 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $60,487 (+19.9%)	$81,636 → $92,143 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $197,900 (+40.6%)	$184,200 → $245,000 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,137 (+19.1%)	$1,104 → $1,430 (+29.5%)

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

Wolfforth

Population

4,8216,189

Median household income

$81,636$92,143

Median home value

$184,200$245,000

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
Under 5	6.4%	10.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	25.6%
18 to 24	18.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.6%
75 and over	5.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	63.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
Drove alone	77.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
1-unit, detached	64.4%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Lubbock	Wolfforth
Poverty rate	19.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.37	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1983	2003