Big Thicket Lake EstatesTX
It is a town of 596 residents in Texas.
Is Big Thicket Lake Estates a good place to live?
35% of residents live below the poverty line in Big Thicket Lake Estates, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Big Thicket Lake Estates has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
596 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Big Thicket Lake Estates: who provides what
Big Thicket Lake Estates is unincorporated, so Liberty County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Big Thicket Lake Estates.
Fewer adults under 35 in Big Thicket Lake Estates than across Texas
The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 25%, against 34% across Texas. Adults 18 to 34 are nearly one in ten residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (13% statewide). 29% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 24% and 76% women
The Census survey reached too few of Big Thicket Lake Estates’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±26.2 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Big Thicket Lake Estates | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.4% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.2% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 17.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 29.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 0% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 600, single groups can be off by several points
Big Thicket Lake Estates faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Big Thicket Lake Estates, 49% come from inland flooding and 21% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Big Thicket Lake Estates once, in 2005.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Big Thicket Lake Estates’ workers commute out
For half of commuters, work is under 54 miles away. The share of working residents in Big Thicket Lake Estates who work locally: 0.5%. The top destinations are Houston (15%), Livingston (10%) and Huntsville (4%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Big Thicket Lake Estates has mild winters and hot summers
For Big Thicket Lake Estates, the midsummer high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Big Thicket Lake Estates is
27% of Big Thicket Lake Estates adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 31 in all: Big Thicket Lake Estates beats Texas on 4 and trails on 16. Two figures for adults here: 43% have high blood pressure, 19% smoke cigarettes.
| Big Thicket Lake Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Big Thicket Lake Estates | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.8% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.7% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.6% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Big Thicket Lake Estates keeps 0.7% of its land conserved
Trails run 0.9 miles in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Big Thicket Lake Estates: one, of 14 acres. Big Thicket Lake Estates’ concentration of trails comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Big Thicket Lake Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Thicket National Preserve | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Big Thicket Lake Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Big Thicket Lake Estates; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Big Thicket Lake Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Big Thicket Lake Estates for work
Where Big Thicket Lake Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Big Thicket Lake Estates
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Big Thicket Lake Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Polk and Liberty counties, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census, with a population of 742, decreasing to 514 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
Questions about Big Thicket Lake Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Big Thicket Lake Estates, TX a good place to live?
Big Thicket Lake Estates has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.