Reviews & Comments
Lake Jackson, TX
Country Living Close to Everything. -
3/29/2011Lake Jackson is a really nice place to raise a family. The schools are great in this part of the Brazosport area school district. The town has a lot of white collar employees from the nearby chemical plants living here, and some blue collar as well so it's a nice mix.
It's a small town - 30K people, but it's central community in southern Brazoria County, so I would say the metro area is around 100k people.
The beach is 15 minutes away, which is really nice. It's a kind of laid back little area, not trendy or having an overly inflated view of itself. It's a family place. The kids can play outside and you don't have to worry, which is a refreshing change if you come from a bigger city environment trying to raise kids where you feel you can't take your eyes off them. My daughter has made a lot of good friends down here in a short amount of time. They ride on their bikes around the neighborhood, we go to the rec center right down the street, to the beach, the roller rink, bowling alley - all the fun family stuff - it's here.
Houston is just an hour away if we want adult entertainment and a night on the town...but since I have become a family girl I worry about that stuff less and less often. I really think Lake Jackson is idyllic in a way. It took a bit to grow on me but I love it down here now.