Lamb County vs Reeves County

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

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

Reeves County has the higher population (13,219 vs 12,919 in Lamb County). Lamb County has the higher median household income ($56,997 vs $56,056 in Reeves County). Reeves County has the higher median home value ($113,700 vs $76,600 in Lamb County).

Population, income & housing

	Lamb County	Reeves County
Population	12,919	13,219
Median age	36.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,997	$56,056
Median home value	$76,600	$113,700
Median gross rent	$900	$988
Housing units	5,893	5,118
Homeownership rate	72.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamb County	Reeves County
Population	13,123 → 12,919 (-1.6%)	15,492 → 13,219 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$45,111 → $56,997 (+26.3%)	$53,311 → $56,056 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $76,600 (+16.9%)	$64,800 → $113,700 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $900 (+25.2%)	$871 → $988 (+13.4%)

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

Reeves County

Population

15,49213,219

Median household income

$53,311$56,056

Median home value

$64,800$113,700

Median gross rent

$871$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamb County	Reeves County
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.0%
75 and over	7.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamb County	Reeves County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	12.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	84.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamb County	Reeves County
No high school diploma	22.6%	28.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamb County	Reeves County
Drove alone	80.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamb County	Reeves County
1-unit, detached	86.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Lamb County	Reeves County
Poverty rate	15.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1966	1969