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%

Freeport$970/mo

Typical home $163K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $1,176/mo · Housing →

Lake Jackson$1,780/mo

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

The difference: $800 a month, about $9,600 a year, between Lake Jackson and Freeport.

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.

Report cards

Lake Jackson places higher on 17 of 22 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

C−FreeportSafer than 21% of U.S. towns CLake JacksonSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

DFreeportHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns B−Lake JacksonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

4Freeport

17Lake Jackson

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #629#252 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #34#392 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #328#139 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #358#99 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #531#247 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #506#226 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #536#261 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #570#314

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

Where they are

Freeport and Lake Jackson share a border

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

FreeportLake Jackson

Freeport ↔ Lake Jackson9.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1,432 Lake Jackson residents work in Freeport (11.6% of its workers)

308 Freeport residents work in Lake Jackson (7.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lake Jackson →

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

FreeportLake 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)38th 65th

Outdoors & history

FreeportLake Jackson

Trails3 mi 13 mi

Conserved land12.7%27.1%

Settled1912 1944

National Register places—1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—9

Community

FreeportLake Jackson

Library hours a week39 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

FreeportLake Jackson

People

Population 10,621Lowest 27,974Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +4.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.5±2.6Lowest 3% below TX 35.7±2.6Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 31.5%±5.9Highest TX: 25% 24.3%±2.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12.1%±3Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.1%±1.6Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.2%Lowest TX: 33.8% 27.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.5%±1.3Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,134±$9kLowest 22% below TX $90,938±$8kHighest 16% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $135,900±$27kLowest 52% below TX $250,100±$17kHighest 12% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,176±$185Lowest 16% below TX $1,478±$92Highest 5% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,176Lowest 72% below TX $3,804Highest 10% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±14.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 45.6%±11.1Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 13.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 11.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.8%Lowest TX: 62.6% 61.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 23 yrs older than TX 1983Highest 9 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 5% below TX 21 minLowest 22% below TX

Work from home 2.7%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 5.6%±1.7Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 11%Lowest 11.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 40.8 miHighest 27.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.24Highest 0.60Lowest

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Lowest 27.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.3 miLowest 13.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 21Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 30.9Lowest 39.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #358 of 583 in TX #99 of 583 in TX

School district BRAZOSPORT ISDBRAZOSPORT ISD

High school in town Brazosport H SBrazos Success Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 11.6Lowest 12.2Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Freeport vs Lake Jackson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $800 more a month in Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson places higher on 17 of 22 TX lists

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