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Lubbock

United States · GDP 2024
#261 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.8B
GDP growth
+4.4%
Jobs tracked
124,049
Employers
8,019
Avg. wage
$52.9k
Population
328,906
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$64.2k±$2.0k
Business applications
4,292 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1South Plains Financial, Inc.Financial Services———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care30%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation22%
Construction9%
Other services8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
328,906
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,412
International migration+5,210
Natural change+4,676

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.6B
2019
$15.1B
2020
$16.2B
2021
$17.6B
2022
$19.0B
2023
$19.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$214.1k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
9.4%±0.7%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
2,858 (8.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Hail 100Strong wind 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
387
2016
398
2017
413
2018
429
2019
441
2020
487
2021
560
2022
579
2023
586
2024
594
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-27
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
626.7 km
GAVILON GRAIN CATOOSA OK
Nearest commercial airport
5.9 km
LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.06-17
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.05-14
10-QSouth Plains Financial, Inc.05-05
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.04-28
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.04-16
DEF 14ASouth Plains Financial, Inc.04-06
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.04-01
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.03-23
10-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.03-05
8-KSouth Plains Financial, Inc.02-23
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Montgomery$19.9BLafayette$19.8BLexington$19.8BSt. Joseph$19.5BGenesee$20.2BAtlantic$19.4B
The read

Lubbock's economy produced $19.8B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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