Lake Jackson is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 27,668 people and six associated neighborhoods, Lake Jackson is the 113th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Jackson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Jackson is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Jackson who work in sales jobs (9.28%), office and administrative support (9.07%), and management occupations (8.83%). Lake Jackson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Lake Jackson is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.83% of adults in Lake Jackson have a college degree. The per capita income in Lake Jackson in 2022 was $42,143, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,572 for a family of four. However, Lake Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Jackson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lake Jackson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Jackson include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lake Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
