Alvin vs Lake Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Alvin and Lake Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

Alvin and Lake Jackson are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Jackson has the higher population (27,902 vs 27,700 in Alvin). Lake Jackson has the higher median household income ($89,623 vs $68,769 in Alvin). Lake Jackson has the higher median home value ($248,900 vs $212,500 in Alvin).

Population, income & housing

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
Population	27,700	27,902
Median age	33.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,769	$89,623
Median home value	$212,500	$248,900
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,417
Housing units	12,073	11,416
Homeownership rate	57.8%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
Population	26,299 → 27,700 (+5.3%)	27,295 → 27,902 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$56,504 → $68,769 (+21.7%)	$82,465 → $89,623 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $212,500 (+40.6%)	$185,500 → $248,900 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,164 (+16.1%)	$1,219 → $1,417 (+16.2%)

Alvin

Population

26,29927,700

Median household income

$56,504$68,769

Median home value

$151,100$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,164

Lake Jackson

Population

27,29527,902

Median household income

$82,465$89,623

Median home value

$185,500$248,900

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
Under 5	7.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	58.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
Drove alone	86.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
1-unit, detached	55.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	18.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alvin	Lake Jackson
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1984	1983