2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Lubbock, TX vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Household income in Gallup, is 1% more than it is in Lubbock and is 27% below the National Average.
- Lubbock unemployment rate is 5.9%.
- Gallup unemployment rate is 10.7%.
 Lubbock, TXGallup, NMUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.9%10.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.4%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.8%24.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%8.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%4.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$30,393$23,912$37,638
 Household Income$54,060$54,537$69,021
 Family Median Income$72,020$60,758$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lubbock, TXGallup, NMUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K14.5%19.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.4%2.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K10.0%7.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.3%8.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.7%6.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%10.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.6%11.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.6%15.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K14.3%10.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.9%3.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.2%4.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lubbock, TXGallup, NMUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.1%15.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.8%4.7%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%2.5%1.8%
 Legal0.8%1.3%1.2%
 Education, library9.5%9.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.5%1.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.0%10.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.4%3.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.4%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.6%5.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.4%5.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.6%2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.3%22.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.9%4.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving11.3%10.4%13.1%
Reviews for Lubbock    28 Reviews

Just wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions? I plan on retiring in Lubbock,Texas. I plan on renting. Where would be the best area for my family to live? What  More

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Sad to learn how dangerous this West Texas town has become. Completely, over taken with Down trodden people who have little. Burglaries happen hourly at a ridiculous  More

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I was born and raised in Lubbock. More or less,I spent about 30 years of my life there. I will start with the positive. It is a well established and well built city with  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 12 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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