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Lubbock, TX

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in TX, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $978 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $2,014 left over.

Expect summer highs near 92°F, winter lows around 28°F, and about 262 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($220,000) is about 3.8× the median household income.

Tradeoff: this is a quieter market with fewer restaurants and entertainment options per resident.

AFFORD 100HOUSIN 76JOBS 57SAFETY 32CLIMAT 100AMENIT 16

The Lubbock fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,398/mo

Typical rent

$1,150/mo

Home value ÷ income

3.8×

Score breakdown

Affordability
100
Housing
76
Jobs
57
Safety
32
Climate
100
Amenities
16

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,020/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,150/mo
Median home value
$220,000
Median household income
$58,000
Population
268,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.5%
Job growth (1yr)
1.2%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
880
Property crime rate
3,300

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
92°F
Avg. winter low
28°F
Sunny days / year
262
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈41/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈30/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈8/yr
Annual rain
19"
Annual snow
8"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
R+40
Int'l airport
≈8 mi
Walkability
35/100
Disaster risk
62/100
Buying instead of renting? Texas's effective property tax runs about 1.58% of home value per year (≈$290/mo on the median $220,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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