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%

Lake Jackson$1,780/mo

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

Freeport$970/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

17Lake Jackson

4Freeport

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

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

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

Where they are

Lake Jackson and Freeport share a border

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

Lake JacksonFreeport

Lake Jackson ↔ Freeport9.4 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

Lake JacksonFreeport

Snow a year0″0″

January low46°F 46°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)338d 338d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 38th

Outdoors & history

Lake JacksonFreeport

Trails13 mi 3 mi

Conserved land27.1%12.7%

Settled1944 1912

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here9 —

Community

Lake JacksonFreeport

Library hours a week48 hrs 39 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

Lake JacksonFreeport

People

Population 27,974Highest 10,621Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±2.7Lowest TX: 25% 31.5%±5.9Highest 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+ 13.1%±1.6Highest TX: 13.4% 12.1%±3Lowest 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+ 27.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 7.2%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±1.3Highest TX: 6.2% 4%±1.6Lowest 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 $90,938±$8kHighest 16% above TX $61,134±$9kLowest 22% below TX

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.6%±11.1Highest TX: 51.7% 41.2%±14.3Lowest 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 11.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 13.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.6%±1.7Highest TX: 14.4% 2.7%±2.4Lowest 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 11.4%Highest 11%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miLowest 40.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Freeport8% work in Lake Jackson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.1%Highest 12.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 13.1 miHighest 3.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 21Highest 6Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district BRAZOSPORT ISDBRAZOSPORT ISD

High school in town Brazos Success AcademyBrazosport H S

Students per teacherat that high school 12.2Highest 11.6Lowest

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

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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.

Lake Jackson vs Freeport

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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