What is the population of Luling city?

Luling city has 5,486 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #396 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Luling city?

Median household income in Luling city is $55,733 a year, 29% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Luling city?

Median gross rent is $1,038 a month and the median home value is $212,500, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.

Is Luling city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Luling city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Luling, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Luling, Texas (Luling, TX — Census place “Luling city”) is 5,486 residents, ranking #396 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $55,733, the median home is worth $212,500 and median gross rent runs $1,038 a month. Looking for the Luling Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Luling, TX: 78648.

Population: 5,486Luling city residents
Median household income: $55,733Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $212,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,038Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 50.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.3%Owner-occupied households

Luling ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Luling.

The Luling TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

78648

What the numbers mean in Luling city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Luling city median would spend about 22.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.9% of residents and 67.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Luling city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Luling city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,486 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #396 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 50.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Luling city earn a median of $55,733 a year, 29% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Luling city is valued at $212,500, 30% below the national figure and 19% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,038 a month, 26.2% below the national figure, or roughly $12,456 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 50.3 puts Luling city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Luling city?: Luling city has 5,486 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #396 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Luling city?: Median household income in Luling city is $55,733 a year, 29% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Luling city?: Median gross rent is $1,038 a month and the median home value is $212,500, so rent absorbs about 22.3% of median household income.
Is Luling city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Luling city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Luling city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.