LuedersTX
A town of 262, settled in 1900.
Is Lueders a good place to live?
Lueders has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
262 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Lueders: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lueders, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lueders.
The schools Lueders’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Lueders-Avoca ISD runs its public schools. 60 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lueders-Avoca El/J HLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 60 | B |
NCES · EDFacts
Lueders stands out in Texas and nationally: the average trip to work there is longer
Most people who work leave Lueders to do it: just 1% work in town. A fifth of Lueders residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Abilene (45%), Austin (4%) and Anson (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.
| Lueders | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 44 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lueders has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lueders once, in 2021. Compared with 70% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 40% come from inland flooding and 16% from drought.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lueders: mild winters and hot summers
The midsummer high for Lueders comes to 96°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 95°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lueders is
In Lueders, 21% of adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 31 in all: Lueders beats Texas on 5 and trails on 5. Lueders: 18% of adults binge drink, against 17% in Texas’ towns and 16% across U.S. towns.
| Lueders | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lueders | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Lueders
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lueders; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Lueders residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Lueders for work
Where Lueders’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lueders
City in Texas
Lueders is a city in Jones and Shackelford Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 258 at the 2020 census. The portion of Lueders located in Jones County is part of the Abilene, Texas metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,562 ft
- ZIP code
- 79533
- Area code
- 325
Questions about Lueders
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lueders, TX a good place to live?
Lueders has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.