Lubbock's transportation system provides residents and visitors transportation by air or ground. Lubbock International Airport, which is served by four commercial carriers and 10 air freight companies, has helped make the city a regional distribution and warehousing center. Lubbock in known for its business friendly community where everyone is welcome within its doors. Lubbock's economy is grounded in agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale to retail industries. Local government, education and health care are among the top priorities of the local community.
Local taxes are low, with no state or local personal income taxes or corporate income tax.
Lubbock boasts of having one of the lowest unemployment rates in Texas and one of the lowest cost of living rates in the country. Students of all ages can take advantage of the city's excellent educational facilities. Lubbock has three public school districts, numerous accredited private and parochial schools, and five institutions of higher learning including Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. All of these institutions combined with Texas Tech to give Lubbock a strong scholastic focus. People in West Texas and eastern New Mexico have come to depend on Lubbock's state of the art medical facilities.