Work & commute · Lake Jackson

Work & commute in Lake Jackson, TX

Most working residents leave Lake Jackson for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (17%), Clute (12%) and Freeport (12%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,401 of 12,292 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,891 Lake Jackson residents head out of town to work, 1,401 work right here, and 5,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Jackson.

10,891live here, work elsewhere

1,401live and work here

5,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Jackson goes to work

Houston50.9 mi away

17%2,029

Clute3.6 mi away

12%1,531

Freeport9.4 mi away

12%1,432

Lake Jackson (in town)right here

11%1,401

Angleton8.5 mi away

2%281

Oyster Creek8.3 mi away

2%277

Pasadena45.5 mi away

2%265

Sugar Land39.2 mi away

1%172

Austin162.9 mi away

1%163

Galveston30.8 mi away

1%152

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%4,589

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Jackson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

25%

26%

44%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Jackson is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Jackson are

7,342 jobs are based in Lake Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Jackson

7,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lake Jackson residents hold

12,292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Lake Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 6,547 → 7,342. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.