Housing mix
Lubbock, TX housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Lubbock, TX.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The local figures answer the first question: Lubbock, TX's current ACS housing baseline includes 118,143 total housing units, 107,086 occupied units, and 11,057 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts may help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 11,057 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 118,143 total units with 107,086 occupied and 11,057 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Vacant units in Lubbock, TX decreased from 11,306 in the prior ACS period to 11,057 in the current release, a reported movement of 2.2%. In the current housing stock, 11,057 units equal 9.4% of the 118,143 total. ACS vacancy covers several statuses, so the 9.4% share cannot be read as the share of homes a buyer can purchase today or the share of rentals immediately available. The movement from 11,306 to 11,057 may still prompt better questions about current for-sale and rental inventory in Lubbock, TX, provided those questions are answered with timely listing and property data rather than the survey count alone.