Southeast Lubbock
Southeast Lubbock, the 79404 stretch, is the part of town that does the work the rest of the city benefits from. Rail spurs, the airport approach, warehouses, and the kind of industrial frontage that looks honest under sober light and bleak under any other. Date-night infrastructure is thin on the ground: a handful of long-standing dives, barbecue joints with regional reputations, and not much pretending otherwise. The upside is unpretentious. Nobody is performing here. The tradeoff is logistics, since most evenings still end with a drive west or north for the second act. Treat it as a starting point, not a destination.
Southeast Lubbock by the numbers
Southeast Lubbock runs male-heavy, about 69% men to 31% women.
Median individual income in Southeast Lubbock is about $29,600.
Texas doesn’t register voters by party; by the 2024 presidential vote Lubbock County leaned heavily Republican, about 69% Trump to 30% Harris.
The median renter in Southeast Lubbock pays about $1,150 a month.
About 2,200 Southeast Lubbock residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater
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Bubba's 33
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Time Crunch Escapes
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Stella's Restaurant & Catering
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Seoul Korean Cuisine
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J's Creamery
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All American Eatery & Catering Co.
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The Plaza Restaurant & Bar
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The Ruffled Cup Lubbock
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Gas Light
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Marble Slab Creamery
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Cold Stone Creamery
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Play Street Museum - Lubbock
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El Sazon Regio
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Brackets Bar and Grill