Lubbock, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Lubbock reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 56.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Lubbock is from a meaningfully darker sky

Big Spring, TX, about 94 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Lubbock. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Big Spring, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Lubbock compares nationally

About 272,086 people live in Lubbock, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Lubbock places 1,799 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.