This page is general information, not legal advice. Electrum Properties is not a law firm. If your sale involves an estate, heirs or a lien, talk to a Texas attorney.
Material interest: we buy houses in Lubbock for cash, including houses in the situations described here.
Last reviewed: September 2026
Melonie Park is two neighborhoods, and the line jogs south of 58th
The box is simple: 50th Street north, Loop 289 south, Quaker Avenue west, Indiana Avenue east. All ZIP 79413, inside Lubbock city limits, four miles southwest of downtown.
Census tracts 19.07 and 19.08 cover this box, but the line between them does not run straight down 58th Street. East of Memphis Avenue — Indiana, Joliet, Knoxville, Kenosha, Louisville — it does: the 5700 blocks are tract 19.07, the 5800 blocks are 19.08, right at 58th. West of Memphis, the line steps south. The 5800 through 6200 blocks on Memphis, Nashville, Norfolk, Orlando and Peoria are still tract 19.07, and the split doesn’t reach 19.08 until close to 63rd Street; past that it runs an irregular path, not a platted street, the rest of the way to Quaker. So the 2020-2024 Census estimates below describe two real populations inside this box — they just don’t divide along 58th for the whole width of the neighborhood.
| Tract 19.07 (north) | Tract 19.08 (south) | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | Around $213,000 | Around $297,500 |
| Owner-occupied | 69.0% | 94.6% |
| Single-family detached | 81.6% | 99.1% |
| Duplex, fourplex or attached | 224 units | 11 units |
| Median year built | 1966 | 1967 |
Same name, same ZIP, two different tracts. Tract 19.08’s median runs about 40% above the Lubbock citywide median of $212,400; tract 19.07’s sits within a rounding error of it. The line only tracks 58th on the east side of the neighborhood — from Memphis Avenue west, the blocks between 58th and roughly 63rd are still tract 19.07, not 19.08. The south side has a homeowners association, Melonie Park South, but whether the HOA’s actual boundary lines up with the census-tract line is not something we could verify from public records. Treat “south of 58th” as a rough guide here, not a surveyed line.
The streets march in order, and half of them exist twice
Drive west from the east edge: Indiana, Joliet, Knoxville, Kenosha, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Norfolk, Norwood, Orlando, Oxford, Peoria, Quaker. The letters run I through Q in order, east edge to west.
Then the grid breaks. Joliet Avenue and Joliet Drive are two different streets — and so are Kenosha, Knoxville, Louisville, Nashville and Oxford. So do 62nd through 66th and 68th through 70th. Miller Elementary sits at 6705 Joliet Drive; there is a Joliet Avenue eight blocks north. Type the wrong one and you are in the wrong half of the market.
Every house out here is the same age
Of the 2,469 housing units between 50th and the Loop, 1,584 went up in the 1960s and 467 more in the 1970s. Not one was built in the entire 1990s, and vacancy runs 3.0%. So the roofs, sewer lines and panels all come due at once.
The classic Lubbock foundation story is expansive playa clay, and the USDA maps no Randall clay under this neighborhood. Sampled at 49 points, it comes back mostly Acuff loam, well drained, linear extensibility 1.0% to 4.9%, caliche about 38 to 41 inches down. We buy houses with foundation problems. We are not going to tell you what caused yours.
On June 23, 2023 the weather service plotted hail at 33.53 north, 101.88 west — this neighborhood’s southeast corner, Indiana and the Loop — and called it “golf ball to baseball size hail” on Lubbock’s south side. Four more hail events followed in spring 2025. Owners who took the check and never replaced the roof call us. See water or storm damage.
Why someone in 79413 calls a cash buyer
One in three owner-occupied houses here — 658 of 1,966 — carries no mortgage, and 22.7% are headed by someone 65 or older.
- An estate. The house passes to adult children four hundred miles away and sits while they decide. See inherited property, probate and vacant houses.
- A tired duplex in the north tract. Tract 19.07 holds 363 renter-occupied units and 224 duplex, fourplex or attached units. See rentals with bad tenants.
- An open city code case. Inside city limits means Lubbock Code Enforcement and the Substandard Structure Commission, and the file is public. See code violations.
- Taxes or a lien behind the house. See behind on property taxes and liens.
- The tract-line misprice. An owner in the north tract prices off south-tract comps and sits.
Three offices touch that sale. The Texas Comptroller’s directory says of Lubbock County’s tax assessor-collector: “This tax office does not collect property taxes.” Here, Lubbock Central Appraisal District appraises the house and sends the bill, at 806-762-5000. The County Clerk records the deed and says staff “will not conduct searches that are not authorized by statute.” Weeds and substandard structures are the City’s, at 806-775-2193.
The City also says its flood zones “generally occur adjacent to the playa lakes.” There is one right here — the lake in Elmore Park at 66th and Quaker. We publish no flood zone for any address; call Development Engineering at 806-775-2347.
When a cash offer is not your best move
- You are in the south tract and the house is updated. That is 99% single-family, 94.6% owner-occupied ground. An agent should beat our number.
- The work is cosmetic and you have time. Paint, floors and fixtures usually net more done first.
- Everyone who has to sign has not agreed. Heirs still talking, a divorce not final, a lien nobody has read. A fast closing on a house that cannot close is not fast, so sort that first.
- The highest number is all that matters to you. We are not the highest offer; we are the certain one. Compare your options for selling in Lubbock first.
How our offer works on a Melonie Park house
You call or send the form. Then we drive it: which tract you’re in, and what the roof has been through. You get a number with the reasoning attached.
| Cash sale to Electrum | Listing with an agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline | You pick the date | Market-dependent |
| Repairs | None — we buy as-is | Usually expected |
| Closing costs | We cover all closing costs on purchase | Typically split |
| Commissions | None | Yes |
You pick the closing date. When speed matters we can close in as little as 7 days on the right deal. We are not acting as your real estate agent and we are not listing your house — we buy it. Sometimes we keep what we buy and sometimes we assign the contract; ask and we will tell you. Electrum Properties has bought in Lubbock since 2019; BBB accredited, A+. Here is how we buy houses.
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Questions we get about Melonie Park
Does it change your offer whether I’m in the north tract or south tract of Melonie Park?
It changes the comps, which changes the number. Census estimates put the median around $213,000 in tract 19.07 (roughly the north side, though the line jogs south of 58th once you’re west of Memphis Avenue) and $297,500 in tract 19.08. We price whichever side of that line your house sits on.
The roof never got replaced after the hail. Do I fix it first?
No. We buy as-is, and an unreplaced roof is one of the most common things we see here. We price it into the offer and handle it after closing.
What schools does Melonie Park go to?
Lubbock ISD: Miller Elementary on Joliet Drive, Evans Middle on 58th, Monterey High just north of 50th. The district zones by address, so confirm yours with Lubbock ISD at 806-219-0030.
Nothing has been updated since the sixties. Is that a problem?
It is the normal condition here. About 64% of the housing here went up in the 1960s and nothing was built in the 1990s. Leave what you do not want.
I inherited the house and live out of state. Can I sell without flying to Lubbock?
Usually. Closing runs through a title company and the Lubbock County Clerk records the deed. We walk the property, send you what we see, and sign remotely.
Get a number on your Melonie Park house
An estate on Knoxville, a duplex on Norfolk, a roof that never got replaced — call 806-630-0875 or send the form above. We buy in Melonie Park, Lubbock, TX 79413, and in Tech Terrace and Maxey Park.
You pick the closing date. When speed matters we can close in as little as 7 days on the right deal. We cover all closing costs on purchase. If the answer is no, you are out one phone call.