Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.23 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Lufkin are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.95% of adults in Lufkin having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lufkin in 2022 was $26,904, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,616 for a family of four. However, Lufkin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lufkin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lufkin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lufkin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lufkin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lufkin include Irish, German, English, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Lufkin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
