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Commuting in Lake Jackson, Texas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Lake Jackson: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lake Jackson spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 115 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.0 minutes.

Lake Jackson holds about 0.1% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lake Jackson would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,430 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Lake Jackson 13.8 min 27.7 min 115 hrs/yr $3,574 2,093
Texas 22.8 min 45.6 min 190 hrs/yr $5,888 1,441
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Lake Jackson Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.8 minutes to get to work in Lake Jackson. That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lake Jackson

  • Car: 91.9%
  • Worked at Home: 6.0%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Motorcycle: 0.4% unusually high
  • Walked: 0.3% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Lake Jackson: 4.0 times more than the Texas average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually rare in Lake Jackson: 4.4 times less than the Texas average (0.3% vs 1.5%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Lake Jackson, versus 0.9% in Texas.

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Lake Jackson: 337.3 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Lake Jackson: 6.4 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Lake Jackson: just 0.4%, 4.6 times below the Texas average of 1.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Lake Jackson, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lake Jackson get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Other Motorcycle Walked Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 97.4% 1.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 97.0% 1.8% 0.5% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 96.6% 1.6% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 95.9% 1.7% 0.7% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 95.3% 2.3% 1.3% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 96.0% 1.7% 1.2% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 95.9% 2.2% 0.7% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2016 96.3% 2.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 95.4% 3.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 95.9% 2.9% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 95.3% 3.0% 0.3% 0.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.8% 3.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 94.0% 4.5% 0.9% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 93.7% 5.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 92.4% 5.4% 0.9% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 91.9% 6.0% 1.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 97.4% in 2009 to 91.9% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lake Jackson: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 6.0% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Lake Jackson

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lake Jackson?

The bars show when commuters in Lake Jackson leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Texas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
10.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.4%

Lake Jackson Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Lake Jackson is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 24.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 42.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Lake Jackson, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Lake Jackson Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Lake Jackson next to Texas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Lake Jackson Texas United States
2009 7:20 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:22 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:17 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:11 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:08 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:07 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:02 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:05 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:07 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:06 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:08 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:07 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:06 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:02 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:07 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lake Jackson were on the road by 7:07 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Lake Jackson now leave 31 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lake Jackson's commute time compare?

Metric Lake Jackson Texas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.8 min 22.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 6.0% 14.4% 15.0%
Walked 0.3% 1.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lake Jackson is 13.8 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lake Jackson, Texas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Lake Jackson, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 115 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,574 at a typical national wage. That's 39% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lake Jackson, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lake Jackson, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Lake Jackson, Texas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.