Lubbock County vs McLennan County

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

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

Lubbock County has the higher population (314,633 vs 263,608 in McLennan County). McLennan County has the higher median household income ($63,888 vs $63,367 in Lubbock County). McLennan County has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $199,600 in Lubbock County).

Population, income & housing

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
Population	314,633	263,608
Median age	31.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,367	$63,888
Median home value	$199,600	$219,200
Median gross rent	$1,134	$1,106
Housing units	136,468	107,194
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
Population	304,808 → 314,633 (+3.2%)	251,089 → 263,608 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$52,429 → $63,367 (+20.9%)	$49,778 → $63,888 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $199,600 (+42.0%)	$142,800 → $219,200 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,134 (+20.6%)	$871 → $1,106 (+27.0%)

Lubbock County

Population

304,808314,633

Median household income

$52,429$63,367

Median home value

$140,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$940$1,134

McLennan County

Population

251,089263,608

Median household income

$49,778$63,888

Median home value

$142,800$219,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	16.4%	14.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	54.7%
Black or African American	6.7%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.8%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	25.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
Drove alone	78.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
1-unit, detached	65.6%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	8.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Lubbock County	McLennan County
Poverty rate	17.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1984	1982