Lipscomb County vs Shackelford County

A side-by-side comparison of Lipscomb County and Shackelford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shackelford County has the higher population (3,169 vs 2,964 in Lipscomb County). Lipscomb County has the higher median household income ($71,442 vs $64,659 in Shackelford County). Shackelford County has the higher median home value ($176,900 vs $128,400 in Lipscomb County).

Population, income & housing

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
Population	2,964	3,169
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,442	$64,659
Median home value	$128,400	$176,900
Median gross rent	$807	$485
Housing units	1,505	1,572
Homeownership rate	80.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
Population	3,398 → 2,964 (-12.8%)	3,296 → 3,169 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$59,091 → $71,442 (+20.9%)	$46,935 → $64,659 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $128,400 (+27.3%)	$91,400 → $176,900 (+93.5%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $807 (+11.2%)	$758 → $485 (-36.0%)

Lipscomb County

Population

3,3982,964

Median household income

$59,091$71,442

Median home value

$100,900$128,400

Median gross rent

$726$807

Shackelford County

Population

3,2963,169

Median household income

$46,935$64,659

Median home value

$91,400$176,900

Median gross rent

$758$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.9%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
Drove alone	84.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
1-unit, detached	81.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Lipscomb County	Shackelford County
Poverty rate	13.6%	11.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1973	1974