Big Thicket Lake Estates, Texas

Big Thicket Lake Estates is a census-designated place 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.

Geography

Big Thicket Lake Estates is located along the southern border of Polk County and the northern border of Liberty County. The CDP has a total area of, of which are land and, or 7.39%, are water. It is a residential community built around several artificial lakes, the largest of which is Bear Foot Lake, a reservoir built on Mill Creek, a tributary of Menard Creek and then the Trinity River.
Texas State Highway 146 forms the western edge of the community. The highway leads north to Livingston and south to Liberty.

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010		% 2010
White alone	660	442	88.95%	85.99%
Black or African American alone	1	2	0.13%	0.39%
Native American or Alaska Native alone	3	4	0.40%	0.78%
Asian alone	4	0	0.54%	0.00%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone	0	2	0.00%	0.39%
Mixed race or Multiracial	19	26	2.56%	5.06%
Hispanic or Latino	55	38	7.41%	7.39%
Total	742	514	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 514 people, 242 households, and 131 families residing in the CDP.