Lake Jackson vs Pearland

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

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

Pearland has the higher population (125,983 vs 27,902 in Lake Jackson). Pearland has the higher median household income ($112,470 vs $89,623 in Lake Jackson). Pearland has the higher median home value ($330,900 vs $248,900 in Lake Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
Population	27,902	125,983
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,623	$112,470
Median home value	$248,900	$330,900
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,759
Housing units	11,416	46,105
Homeownership rate	61.9%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
Population	27,295 → 27,902 (+2.2%)	122,078 → 125,983 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$82,465 → $89,623 (+8.7%)	$104,504 → $112,470 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$185,500 → $248,900 (+34.2%)	$244,800 → $330,900 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,417 (+16.2%)	$1,413 → $1,759 (+24.5%)

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

Pearland

Population

122,078125,983

Median household income

$104,504$112,470

Median home value

$244,800$330,900

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	36.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	16.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	25.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
Drove alone	84.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
1-unit, detached	66.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	8.7%
20 or more units	11.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Jackson	Pearland
Poverty rate	11.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1983	2003