75901 — Lufkin, Texas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 75901. Its median household income runs 10% above Lufkin as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

53out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 31% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity3,028th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured21
Schools1,639th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured47
GrowthTop 44% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured53
Housing affordabilityTop 34% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured73
ClimateTop 32% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured75
Physical resilienceTop 34% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured70
Access2,970th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured56
Economic stability2,329th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured38
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 5.6% and the Opportunity signal places 75901 in the bottom 3%. The unemployment rate is published for Lufkin, TX, which contains 75901, rather than for 75901 alone.

In the public schools here, 50% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 13.6 students for every teacher.

Rent takes 30% of renter income here, at the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 2.2 times what its owners earn.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
28,234
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$62,966
Bottom 35% nationally
Density
177/sq mi
159.2 sq mi of land
Median age
34.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Lufkin
Texas
Micro area
Nearest major airport
GGG
75 mi · East Texas Rgnl
Median home value
$177,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Lufkin, TX, which contains 75901, is 5.6% — higher than in all but 13% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Lufkin, TX, which contains 75901, fell 3.0% over the past year, to 13,008 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsAngelina County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$56,00323rd percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftAngelina County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$46,4974th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$5,8102024 ACS 5-Year$62,966Bottom 35%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,0292024 ACS 5-Year$29,656Bottom 25%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year15.3%Bottom 29%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.4 min2024 ACS 5-Year19.8 minTop 13%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year21.2%Bottom 44%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year81.7%72nd percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentLufkin, TX’s figureJuly 202613,008Bottom 6%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Lufkin, TX’s figureJuly 2026−3.3%Bottom 11%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Lufkin, TX’s figureJuly 2026−3.0%Bottom 8%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceLufkin, TX’s figureJuly 202613,7756th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year76.2%Bottom 42%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year0.2%66th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Lufkin, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.8%Bottom 8%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateLufkin, TX’s figureJuly 20265.6%Bottom 13%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year5.8%29th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202463k53k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $62,966 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Lufkin, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

50% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 38% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 13.6 students for every full-time teacher across 8 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
13.6
across 8 of them
Math proficiency
49.5%
Top 49% in Texas
Reading proficiency
38.4%
Bottom 24% in Texas
All 9 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Lufkin H SLUFKIN ISD2,02611.949%38%
Lufkin MiddleLUFKIN ISD1,45314.153%39%
Burley PriLUFKIN ISD42616.4——
Slack ElLUFKIN ISD40813.642%38%
Herty PriLUFKIN ISD27613.8——
Kurth PriLUFKIN ISD25319.5——
Anderson ElLUFKIN ISD24617.647%42%
Coston ElLUFKIN ISD21114.148%35%
Hackney Alternative CampusLUFKIN ISD0———

86.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Texas is up 44% over five years, and up 2.9% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,118 a year in real estate taxes, about 1.19% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,021, below the $1,128 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,021 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $40,800 a year, about 65% of the median household income here of $62,966.

The typical renter household here spends 30% of its income on rent, at the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,128 a month.

A median home at $177,700 costs 2.2 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $81,521, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
29.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.2×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,021
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,128
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$177,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 75901’s median household income of $62,966, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+2.9%46th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+43.8%52nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Texas’s figure2026 Q2+97.6%52nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year2.2Top 29%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year63.5%19th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5102024 ACS 5-Year11,09486th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$892Top 17%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,365Top 14%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,021Top 10%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$452024 ACS 5-Year$1,128Bottom 40%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$9,5202024 ACS 5-Year$177,70038th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$3442024 ACS 5-Year$2,11853rd percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$5,8592024 ACS 5-Year$81,521Bottom 48%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.20%2024 ACS 5-Year1.19%68th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year29.7%Bottom 42%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1002024 ACS 5-Year11277th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.0%49th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year7.2%52nd percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2412024 ACS 5-Year91686th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

53/ 100
Top 44% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 111 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Lufkin, TX, which contains 75901, rather than for 75901 alone.

At 3.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Lufkin, TX, which contains 75901, rather than for 75901 alone.

Units permitted
111
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
3.2
Top 48% nationally
Year over year
+66%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.3%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
25%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$56,003
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$46,497
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Nacogdoches County, TX 382 people · 11% of arrivals
  2. Harris County, TX 337 people · 10% of arrivals
  3. Polk County, TX 162 people · 4.8% of arrivals
  4. Cherokee County, TX 117 people · 3.5% of arrivals
  5. Montgomery County, TX 89 people · 2.7% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Nacogdoches County, TX 361 people · 11% of departures
  2. Harris County, TX 252 people · 8.0% of departures
  3. Polk County, TX 119 people · 3.8% of departures
  4. Montgomery County, TX 102 people · 3.2% of departures
  5. Smith County, TX 74 people · 2.3% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Angelina County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Lufkin, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 38°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 50.3 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station LUFKIN ANGELINA CO AP, 8.1 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals50.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals38°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals34°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

70 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, heat wave and strong wind, with inland flooding alone responsible for 41% of it. Inland flooding and heat wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

Strong windModerate
HurricaneElevated
WildfireModerate
Winter weatherModerate
TornadoElevated
Cold waveModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, lightning, ice storm, inland flooding, earthquake, hail, landslide, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche, coastal flooding.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
8.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
27.5
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
11.4
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Suicide
21.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 75901 (Angelina County) rather than 75901 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Lufkin carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest East Texas Rgnl at 75 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year91.2%Top 40%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle75 miBottom 4%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle3Bottom 21%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year6.7%Top 44%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
East Texas RgnlGGG75 mi10,000 ft
Tyler Pounds RgnlTYR85 mi8,334 ft
Shreveport RgnlSHV92 mi8,348 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

75901 vs Lufkin

How this ZIP area compares with Lufkin as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

75901
Lufkin
Median household income: 75901 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$62,966
vs
$57,048
Per capita income: 75901 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$29,656
vs
$28,636
Population density
177/sq mi
vs
1,001/sq mi
Median home value
$177,700
vs
$179,600
Median gross rent: Lufkin is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,128
vs
$1,079
Homeownership rate
63.5%
vs
51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Lufkin is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
21.2%
vs
21.8%
Poverty rate: 75901 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
15.3%
vs
18.0%
Median age
34.4
vs
34.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.