Lake Jackson vs Manvel

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

Lake Jackson and Manvel 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 12,873 in Manvel). Manvel has the higher median household income ($113,938 vs $89,623 in Lake Jackson). Manvel has the higher median home value ($321,600 vs $248,900 in Lake Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
Population	27,902	12,873
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,623	$113,938
Median home value	$248,900	$321,600
Median gross rent	$1,417	$2,270
Housing units	11,416	4,829
Homeownership rate	61.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
Population	27,295 → 27,902 (+2.2%)	10,179 → 12,873 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$82,465 → $89,623 (+8.7%)	$86,585 → $113,938 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$185,500 → $248,900 (+34.2%)	$252,800 → $321,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,417 (+16.2%)	$1,128 → $2,270 (+101.2%)

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

Manvel

Population

10,17912,873

Median household income

$86,585$113,938

Median home value

$252,800$321,600

Median gross rent

$1,128$2,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
Under 5	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	21.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.4%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
Drove alone	84.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
1-unit, detached	66.7%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Jackson	Manvel
Poverty rate	11.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1983	2010