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Jackson, MO

15,532 Population
10.7 square miles 1,445.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,258 ±$2,743 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $34,373 ±$1,332
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$80,435 ±$9,283 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $67,267 ±$2,799
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

8.7% ±2.6% (1,314  ±394) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 14.2% 13,330 (±1.3% / ±1,227)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

20.8 minutes ±1.7 (140,615  ±16,025) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 21.4 939,040 (±0.6 / ±35,048)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

5,915 ±248 Number of households
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38,257 ±531
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.1 (15,194  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.5 93,821 (±0 / ±83)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6.5% ±3.1% (251  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 3.4% † 790 (±0.9% / ±199)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

6,267 ±254 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 43,903 ±57
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$227,600 ±$22,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $195,200 ±$6,325
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

18.2% ±5% (2,773  ±766) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 16.1% 15,599 (±1.5% / ±1,459.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

94.7% ±6% (9,400  ±711.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 91.7% 58,831 (±2.6% / ±1,657)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
35.7% ±4.1% (3,541  ±430.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 30.4% 19,484 (±1.6% / ±1,011.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

1.8% ±1% (280  ±153) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2% 1,991
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.6% ±1.6% (733  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,465 (±0.6% / ±453)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
733 Total veterans ±178 717 Male ±176 16 Female ±27

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