County profile
Lubbock County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#261 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
124,049
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,019
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
328,906
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$64.2k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
33.4%±1.1%
Poverty rate
17.1%±1.0%
Business applications
4,292 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,079
33.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$14.6B2019
$15.1B2020
$16.2B2021
$17.6B2022
$19.0B2023
$19.8B2024
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
$756.2M
2,858 units · 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
3872016
3982017
4132018
4292019
4412020
4872021
5602022
5792023
5862024
5942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 20213,4022021
3,2752022
2,5142023
2,2092024
2,8582025
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 EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lubbock?
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.