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Slaton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Slaton city is a Census city of 5,761 people across 5.40 square miles of land, in Lubbock County. Median household income is $56,676, 79.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.3 m.
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Slaton
What Slaton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.4 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,067
- County holding the largest share of its areaLubbock County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slaton
How many people live in Slaton
- Population5,761
- Median age35.9 plus or minus 8.2
- Population under 181,609 plus or minus 332
- Share under 1827.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over696 plus or minus 178
- Share 65 and over12.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households2,065
- Family households1,427
- Share of households that are families69.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slaton
Income and work in Slaton
- Median household income$56,676
- Per capita income$26,209
- Civilian labor force2,541
- Employed2,370
- Unemployed171 plus or minus 177
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over3,714
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slaton
Housing in Slaton
- Housing units2,336
- Occupied units2,065
- Vacant units271 plus or minus 146
- Vacancy rate11.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied1,635
- Renter occupied430 plus or minus 124
- Ownership rate79.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$84,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$994
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.0 percent
- Single family units1,917
- Share single family82.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more117 plus or minus 77
- Share in buildings of two or more5.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Mobile homes302 plus or minus 146
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slaton
How Slaton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,153
- Commuting under 15 minutes588 plus or minus 175
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more534 plus or minus 194
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.8 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Drove alone83.3 percent
- Carpooled7.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home5.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slaton
SBA loans in Slaton (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,341,600
- Average approval$447,200
- Median approval$473,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$765,000
- Largest approval$765,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Slaton
SBA loans in Slaton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$124,000
- Average approval$124,000
- Median approval$124,000
- Largest approval$124,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Slaton
Flood risk in Slaton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480453
- Currently effective map date09/28/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lubbock County, not Slaton
Lubbock County context, not Slaton figures
These are Lubbock County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Slaton measurements.
- Establishments in Lubbock County8,019
- Employment at those establishments, Lubbock County124,049
- Covered employment, Lubbock County151,811
- Average annual pay, Lubbock County$54,452
- Average weekly wage, Lubbock County$1,047
- Housing units permitted, Lubbock County2,209
- Of those, single family, Lubbock County1,911
- County product, 2024, Lubbock County$19,822,420,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lubbock County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lubbock County$62,370
Every figure in this section is published for Lubbock County as a whole and is not a measurement of Slaton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Slaton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Slaton, Texas?
5,761, in 2,065 households. Slaton city covers 5.40 square miles of land, which is 1,067 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Slaton in?
Lubbock County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Slaton?
$56,676. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $84,600. Median gross rent is $994 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Slaton businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.3 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $473,600, plus 1 504 approvals worth $124,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Slaton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Slaton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Slaton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Slaton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Slaton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480453, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Slaton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lubbock County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Slaton.
Is zoning published for Slaton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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