Lubbock, Texas:

Visualizing Inequality
 The Four Rights of Fair Housing
The principles of fair housing can be explained through the following four core rights:

The Right to Choose

The promise of individual and family mobility, integration and choice of where to live for all
protected classes. Government housing dollars must be used to further access to and habitation
in high opportunity areas.

The Right to Stay

Prevents the involuntary displacement of low income people of color through gentrification.
The government must aid low income neighborhoods in becoming high opportunity areas.

The Right to Equal Treatment

Public services and facilities, along with certain regulated private services such as access to
mortgage credit and housing, are provided equitably in all neighborhoods, regardless of
prevailing class or race in the neighborhood.

The Right to Have a Say

Government permits all people, especially low income people of color, meaningful democratic
participation in the decisions that affect their families and neighborhoods.
Lubbock, Texas
Source: City of Lubbock GIS, ESRI, Google Maps

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
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Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
 2010 Population (278,831) 2016 Population (294,682)
5,650 4,485 5,843 6,170

19,957 20,186

159,815 162,620
88,924 99,863

White not Hispanic (57.3%) Hispanic or Latino (31.9%) White not Hispanic (55.2%) Hispanic or Latino (33.9%)
Black not Hispanic (7.2%) Asian not Hispanic (2%) Black not Hispanic (6.9%) Asian not Hispanic (2%)
Other (1.6%) Other (2%)
Race/Ethnicity Dot Density
2010 Census Block Data
Source: Census 2010, IPUMS, ESRI
Comparing Lubbock Neighborhoods
Source: Census 2010, IPUMS, ESRI, Google Maps

Guadalupe
Arnett Jackson
Parkway and
Benson Mahon
Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
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Heights
Chatman
Hill

Preston
Smith
Percent White not Hispanic Population
Within City Limits by Census Tract (2015)
Source: 2015 ACS 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps, Lubbock GIS
2018

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
Heights
Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
Percent White not Hispanic Population
In Lubbock County by Census Tract (2015)
Source: 2015 ACS 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps, Lubbock GIS
2018

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

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Manhattan
Terrace
Heights

Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
 Historical Roots of Segregation and Inequality
Proposed City of Lubbock Ordinance (Penciled “223”),
Signed by Mayor Percy Spencer May 8, 1923
“An Ordinance prescribing that portion of the City of Lubbock within which
negroes and persons of African descent, containing as much as one-eighth negro
blood, shall reside, except bona fide servants residing on the place where
employed; forbidding persons to sell property outside of such district to negroes
or persons containing as much as one eighth negro blood; forbidding the rental of
property outside such district to persons containing as much as one-eighth negro
blood, providing penalties and declaring an emergency account of
negroes living in other districts and causing danger to
health and pollution of the atmosphere. Be it ordained by
the City Council [Commission] of the City of Lubbock,
Texas.

Section 1. Nonegro or persons of African descent or

containing as much as one-eighth negro blood shall own
property or reside thereon in any part of this city except
that part lying South of 16th St. and East of Avenue C, and
no person shall rent or lease to any such negro or person of African descent or Source: Foster, Robert L. Black Lubbock: A History of Negroes
one containing as much as one-eighth negro blood outside of the territory limits, In Lubbock, Texas to 1940. Master’s Thesis, Texas Tech University,
as above…” 1974.
Percentage Reporting Income Below Poverty
Level in the Past 12 Months by Census Tract
(2016)
Source: 2016 ACS: 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps
 Persons in Poverty in West Texas Cities
25.0%

20.9%
20.0%

16.7%
15.0%
14.7%
12.7%
11.8%
10.0%
8.4%

5.0%

0.0%
Amarillo Lubbock Midland Odessa San Angelo United States

Source: 2016 ACS 5 Year Estimates

Median Household Income*
by Census Tract (2016)
Source: 2016 ACS: 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS,
Google Maps

Guadalupe
Jackson-
Arnett Parkway and
Mahon
Benson Cherry Point

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Terrace Manhattan
Heights

Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith

*Median household income in the past

12 months in 2016 inflation adjusted
Income.

A family of four bringing in less than

$24,300 a year was below the federal
poverty level.
Percent Unemployment by Census
Tract (2016)
Source: 2016 ACS: 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
Heights

Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
Percent of Renter Occupied Housing
Units by Census Tract (2016)
Source: 2016 ACS: 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
Heights
Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
Percent of Vacant Housing Units by
Census Tract (2016)
Source: 2016 ACS: 5 Year Data, ESRI, IPUMS, Google Maps

Guadalupe
Jackson-
Arnett Parkway and
Mahon
Benson Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
Heights

Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
Low Income Census Tracts with
Limited Access to Grocery Stores
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2015, ESRI

Guadalupe

Arnett Jackson- Parkway and

Benson Mahon Cherry Point

Tech Dunbar-
Terrace Manhattan
Heights

Chatman Hill

Preston
Smith
Limited access to a grocery store means that a
significant number (at least 500 people) or share of
the population (at least 33%) live more than 1 mile
from a full service grocery store. A tract is low
income if: the poverty rate is at least 20%; the MFI is
less than or equal to 80% of the state MFI; or the
MFI is less than or equal to the metro area’s MFI.
1986 Lubbock Comprehensive Land Use Plan
Interim Future Land Use Plan: Race and Ethnicity
Source: Freese and Nichols, Census 2010 Race and Ethnicity Block Data

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Environmental Hazards
Source: EPA 2016, 2010 Census, 2015 ACS 5 Year Data, IPUMS

Source: Environmental Protection Agency – 2016 National Analysis,

2015 ACS 5 Year Data, IPUMS, 2010 Census
Brownfield sites are properties where development may be complicated by
the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program tracks the release of certain
chemicals that may pose a risk to human health. Chemicals covered are
those that cause cancer, other acute human health effects, or significant
adverse environmental effects.
FHA Loans: Percentage of Total Dollars
Lent by Census Tract in 2016 ($000s)
Source: HMDA 2016

Total FHA dollars loaned in Lubbock

County in 2016 was $237,945,000.
Conventional Loans: Percentage of Total
Dollars Lent by Census Tract in 2016 ($000s)
Source: HMDA 2016

Total conventional mortgage

dollars loaned in Lubbock County
in 2016 was $537,514,000.
Home Improvement Loans: Total Dollars
Lent by Census Tract in 2016 ($000s)
Source: HMDA 2016

Total Home Improvement dollars

Loaned in Lubbock County in
2016 was $24,338,000.
Distribution of CDBG Home Repair and Home Rehab Funds by Zip Code: 2015 to 2018
Source: City of Lubbock Community Development (Data received Feb. 1, 2018), ESRI

The city spent a total of $822,883 for

home repair and rehab since 2015.

Census Tract 104.08 received almost $1.6

million in home improvement loans in
2016 alone.
 Achievement Index for Elementary,
Middle, and High Schools:
New Deal ISD
Idalou ISD Children at Risk (2016)
Source: Children at Risk, 2015 ACS 5 Year Data, Lubbock County
Elections Office, maps.google.com
Shallowater ISD

Lubbock ISD

Roosevelt ISD

Frenship ISD

Slaton ISD
The Student Achievement Index reflects
performance in STAAR Reading and Math
scores. For a full methodology of how this is
determined, visit: http://childrenatrisk.org/.
Lubbock-Cooper ISD
Distribution of Assisted Housing Throughout Lubbock
Source: ACS 5 Year Data (2015 and 2016), HUD 2017, TDHCA 2017, Lubbock HA 2017

Median Household Income

Ethnicity of Voucher Holder, Number of Vouchers by Census Tract, and Median Household Income
Source: Lubbock Housing Authority (data received Nov. 15, 2017), ESRI, City of Lubbock GIS

Concentration and Ethnicity of Voucher Holders Concentration of Voucher Holders and MHI
Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders, LIHTC Tenants, and Public Housing Tenants
have access to high performing schools?
Source: 2015 ACS 5 Year Data, Children at Risk 2016, HUD 2017, Lubbock County Elections Office, Lubbock HA, maps.google.com, TDHCA 2017

Vouchers and Schools LIHTC, PH, and Schools

Lubbock ISD
Lubbock ISD

Frenship ISD Frenship ISD

Lubbock-Cooper ISD Lubbock-Cooper ISD

Assisted Housing and Food Deserts
Source: HUD 2017, Lubbock HA, maps.google.com, TDHCA 2017,
USDA 2015

Neighborhood Boundary
Low Income Limited Access Tract
City Limits
LIHTC Property
Public Housing

Limited access to a grocery store means that a

significant number (at least 500 people) or share
of the population (at least 33%) live more than 1
mile from a full service grocery store. A tract is
low income if: the poverty rate is at least 20%;
the MFI is less than or equal to 80% of the state
MFI; or the MFI is less than or equal to the
metro area’s MFI.

The number of housing vouchers within each

census tract is listed.
Are Housing Choice Vouchers and LIHTC Properties Leading to Integration?
LIHTC Tenant Ethnicity

Housing Vouchers by Census Tract

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LIHTC Tenant Race

CitiBus Route Map
CitiBus operates Monday through Friday
from 5:35 AM to 7:45 PM and Saturday
from 7:35 AM to 7:45 PM (route times
differ). It is closed Sunday. A special
route runs from the downtown transfer
station to DPS on Wednesday from 9:20
AM to 4:20 PM.

Source: CitiBus, City of Lubbock GIS,

ESRI, Google Maps
Adam Pirtle
Email: adam@texashousers.org
Phone: (817)944-0132
Lubbock Housers