About the Community

CITY is ranked in Top 10 of nation's most livable cities in 1992 by Money Magazine; 9th largest city in Texas; 206,290 population; cotton farming is the leading industry; predominantly middle income community; CLIMATE is semi-arid and mild with 263 annual days of sunshine; average July temperature is 80.1 degrees while average January temperature is 39.2 degrees; COST OF LIVING INDEX is the 6th lowest in the state and ranks 18th in the nation; AIR SERVICE is provided by an international airport served by American, Continental, and Southwest Airlines; HEALTH CARE is provided by 4 hospitals, 102 clinics, 716 doctors and dentists, and 17,000 health care employees, over one half million people receive care annually; LEISURE public and private golf courses; 62 parks; touring Broadway musicals; community theatres; Omnimax Theatre; numerous cinemas; ballet; museum; symphony; Science Spectrum; planetarium; NCAA Division I Athletics; pro hockey; arena football; snow skiing and water sports within driving distance.

Community Links:

• City of Lubbock
• Hotel Listings
• Lubbock Symphony
• Texas Tech Sports
• Another Texas Tech Sports site
• Broadway Series
• Broadway Festivals, Inc.
• Ballet Lubbock
• Local Weather
• Avalanche Journal Newspaper/Lubbock on Line
• Lubbock Apartment Association 
• Lubbock Association of Realtors