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Lake Jackson city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Lake Jackson city is a Census city of 27,974 people across 19.74 square miles of land, in Brazoria County. Median household income is $90,938, 61.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.1 m.
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Lake Jackson
What Lake Jackson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area19.74 sq mi
- Water area1.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,417
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrazoria County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Jackson
How many people live in Lake Jackson
- Population27,974
- Median age35.7
- Population under 186,809
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over3,656
- Share 65 and over13.1 percent
- Households10,725
- Family households7,165
- Share of households that are families66.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Jackson
Income and work in Lake Jackson
- Median household income$90,938
- Per capita income$42,090
- Civilian labor force14,393
- Employed13,238
- Unemployed1,155 plus or minus 277
- Unemployment rate8.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over18,557
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Jackson
Housing in Lake Jackson
- Housing units11,532
- Occupied units10,725
- Vacant units807 plus or minus 258
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied6,615
- Renter occupied4,110
- Ownership rate61.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$250,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,478
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units7,772
- Share single family67.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,716
- Share in buildings of two or more32.2 percent
- Mobile homes44 plus or minus 71
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Jackson
How Lake Jackson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,336
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,284
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,644
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.4 percent
- Drove alone85.9 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Jackson
SBA loans in Lake Jackson (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$10,125,700
- Average approval$532,932
- Median approval$380,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$999,600
- Largest approval$2,500,000
- Jobs supported224
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.5 percent
- Share to franchises47.4 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lake Jackson
SBA loans in Lake Jackson (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$7,750,000
- Average approval$1,291,667
- Median approval$1,587,000
- Largest approval$3,116,000
- Jobs supported50
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lake Jackson
Flood risk in Lake Jackson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number485484
- Currently effective map date12/30/20
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Brazoria County, not Lake Jackson
Brazoria County context, not Lake Jackson figures
These are Brazoria County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lake Jackson measurements.
- Establishments in Brazoria County6,650
- Employment at those establishments, Brazoria County98,916
- Covered employment, Brazoria County122,793
- Average annual pay, Brazoria County$68,223
- Average weekly wage, Brazoria County$1,312
- Housing units permitted, Brazoria County3,963
- Of those, single family, Brazoria County3,363
- County product, 2024, Brazoria County$23,375,756,000
- County product change over the prior year, Brazoria County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Brazoria County$69,560
Every figure in this section is published for Brazoria County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Jackson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lake Jackson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Jackson, Texas?
27,974, in 10,725 households. Lake Jackson city covers 19.74 square miles of land, which is 1,417 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Jackson in?
Brazoria County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lake Jackson?
$90,938. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $250,100. Median gross rent is $1,478 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lake Jackson businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $10.1 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $380,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $7.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lake Jackson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lake Jackson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lake Jackson. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lake Jackson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lake Jackson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485484, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lake Jackson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brazoria County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lake Jackson.
Is zoning published for Lake Jackson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.