A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Clute$1,350/mo

Typical home $199K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.85% · or rent about $1,130/mo · Housing →

Lake Jackson$1,780/mo

Typical home $273K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.52% · or rent about $1,478/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Lake Jackson and Clute.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Clute and Lake Jackson share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

CluteLake Jackson

Clute ↔ Lake Jackson3.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1,531 Lake Jackson residents work in Clute (12.5% of its workers)

386 Clute residents work in Lake Jackson (8.4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lake Jackson →

Report cards

Lake Jackson places higher on 17 of 23 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CCluteSafer than 29% of U.S. towns CLake JacksonSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−CluteBetter than 51% of districts in the state B−Lake JacksonBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

CCluteHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns B−Lake JacksonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

4Clute

17Lake Jackson

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #299#17 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #122#34 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #299#139 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #486#252 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #297#99 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #452#261 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #551#378 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #282#441

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clute’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CluteLake Jackson

Snow a year0″0″

January low46°F 46°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)338d 338d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 65th

Outdoors & history

CluteLake Jackson

Trails1 mi 13 mi

Conserved land1.9%27.1%

Settled1952 1944

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 6

Famous people born here—9

Community

CluteLake Jackson

Library hours a week41 hrs 48 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

CluteLake Jackson

People

Population 10,715Lowest 27,974Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +4.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 30±2.4Lowest 16% below TX 35.7±2.6Highest about the TX average

Kids under 18 22.1%±4.2Lowest TX: 25% 24.3%±2.7Highest TX: 25%

Lake Jackson and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10.7%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.1%±1.6Highest TX: 13.4%

Lake Jackson and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Lowest TX: 33.8% 27.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2% 5.5%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

Clute and Lake Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,208±$16kLowest 11% below TX $90,938±$8kHighest 16% above TX

Lake Jackson and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,700±$24kHighest 4% below TX $250,100±$17kLowest 12% below TX

Clute and Lake Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,130±$129Lowest 19% below TX $1,478±$92Highest 5% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,024Highest 19% above TX $3,804Lowest 10% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.2%±11.8Highest TX: 51.7% 45.6%±11.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

Clute and Lake Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 11.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 61.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs older than TX 1983Lowest 9 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 21% below TX 21 minLowest 22% below TX

Work from home 2.9%±1.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 5.6%±1.7Highest TX: 14.4%

Lake Jackson and Clute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 16.2%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 34.3 miHighest 27.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.84Highest 0.60Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (18%)Houston (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 8% work in Lake Jackson12% work in Clute

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 27.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 13.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 21Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 58.1Highest 39.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #297 of 583 in TX #99 of 583 in TX

School district BRAZOSPORT ISDBRAZOSPORT ISD

High school in town Brazoswood H SBrazos Success Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 15.5Highest 12.2Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Clute vs Lake Jackson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Lake Jackson

Clute and Lake Jackson share a border

Lake Jackson places higher on 17 of 23 TX lists

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