Lamb County vs Rains County

A side-by-side comparison of Lamb County and Rains County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lamb County and Rains County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lamb County has the higher population (12,919 vs 12,505 in Rains County). Rains County has the higher median household income ($64,874 vs $56,997 in Lamb County). Rains County has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $76,600 in Lamb County).

Population, income & housing

	Lamb County	Rains County
Population	12,919	12,505
Median age	36.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,997	$64,874
Median home value	$76,600	$214,900
Median gross rent	$900	$895
Housing units	5,893	5,858
Homeownership rate	72.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamb County	Rains County
Population	13,123 → 12,919 (-1.6%)	11,766 → 12,505 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$45,111 → $56,997 (+26.3%)	$51,579 → $64,874 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $76,600 (+16.9%)	$127,900 → $214,900 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $900 (+25.2%)	$733 → $895 (+22.1%)

Lamb County

Population

13,12312,919

Median household income

$45,111$56,997

Median home value

$65,500$76,600

Median gross rent

$719$900

Rains County

Population

11,76612,505

Median household income

$51,579$64,874

Median home value

$127,900$214,900

Median gross rent

$733$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamb County	Rains County
Under 5	6.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.1%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamb County	Rains County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	83.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamb County	Rains County
No high school diploma	22.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamb County	Rains County
Drove alone	80.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	14.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.2%
Other means	1.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamb County	Rains County
1-unit, detached	86.0%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Lamb County	Rains County
Poverty rate	15.9%	12.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	16	40
Median year structure built	1966	1995