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Jackson, AL

4,589 Population
15.6 square miles 293.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clarke County: 42.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,900 ±$4,416 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clarke County: $31,921 † ±$4,569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,948 ±$10,833 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Clarke County: $49,249 ±$3,377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±7.9% (1,170  ±352) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Clarke County: 20.1% † 4,456 (±3.5% / ±785)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±3.5 (18,690  ±5,699) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Clarke County: 25.1 199,370 (±2 / ±20,143)
  • about half the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,671 ±203 Number of households
  • Clarke County: 8,423 ±423
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (4,466  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clarke County: 2.6 22,154 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±6.4% (81  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clarke County: 5% † 244 (±2.2% / ±108)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,074 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Clarke County: 11,749 ±26
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,900 ±$25,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clarke County: $121,700 ±$8,732
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±3.2% (359  ±146.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clarke County: 7.4% † 1,653 (±1.6% / ±359.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±10.4% (2,892  ±396.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clarke County: 86.1% 13,629 (±4.9% / ±779.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±4.6% (604  ±155.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clarke County: 15% † 2,371 (±1.9% / ±305.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±2.6% (114  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Clarke County: 1.1% 252
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±4.2% (301  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clarke County: 7% † 1,229 (±1.6% / ±281)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
301 Total veterans ±148 301 Male ±148 N/A Female ±13

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