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Lake Jackson, TX

27,974 Population
19.7 square miles 1,417.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,090 ±$3,093 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $42,619 ±$283
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$90,938 ±$8,368 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $82,168 ±$590
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

11.8% ±3.1% (3,254  ±863) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.9% 1,019,961 (±0.3% / ±18,781)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

20.8 minutes ±1.7 (255,955  ±26,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,767,090 (±0.1 / ±553,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

10,725 ±534 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,661,739 ±4,745
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.6 ±0.1 (27,859  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,357,627
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.9% ±2.6% (391  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 106,996 (±0.2% / ±3,819)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

11,532 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,906,364 ±575
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$250,100 ±$16,894 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $298,000 ±$1,513
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

17.5% ±4.1% (4,858  ±1,147.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 989,448 (±0.2% / ±16,765)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

92.6% ±5.2% (17,184  ±1,178.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,117,983 (±0.4% / ±19,352.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
27.8% ±2.8% (5,155  ±562.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,742,444 (±0.3% / ±12,033.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.9% ±1.7% (1,930  ±464) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 24.3% 1,805,510
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

7.1% ±1.6% (1,510  ±351) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.8% 264,059 (±0.1% / ±4,643)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
1,510 Total veterans ±351 1,122 Male ±228 388 Female ±198

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