Area data
Lubbock, TX — ZIP 79406
Population: 7,995 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 440.1 (-0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 97.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $19.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively High
- Top hazards
- drought, hail, strongWind, winterWeather, coldWave
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 20.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 23
- Days with Good air quality
- 330
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB) (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB) (6 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 16
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.5 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 42
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.3 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 118,063
- Average weekly wage
- $961
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 1,909
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