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Jackson, TN

69,300 Population
58.7 square miles 1,180 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,954 ±$2,537 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $33,931 ±$2,124
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,050 ±$9,588 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $62,566 ±$4,213
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22% ±5.1% (14,386  ±3,317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 16.2% † 28,714 (±2.5% / ±4,439)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.2 minutes ±0.9 (485,685  ±30,019) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 22.9 1,694,155 (±0.7 / ±63,647)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,977 ±1,096 Number of households
  • the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 75,841 ±1,314
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (65,015  ±178) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 2.3 176,838 (±0 / ±169)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±1.9% (584  ±336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 2.2% † 940 (±1% / ±421)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

29,084 ±1,034 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 80,873 ±80
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$242,500 ±$29,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $209,300 ±$20,330
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18% ±4.7% (12,428  ±3,241.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 13.4% † 24,516 (±2.5% / ±4,533)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±6.6% (39,047  ±3,252) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 90.2% 111,255 (±4.1% / ±5,270.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.8% ±4.2% (13,621  ±1,899.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 27.8% 34,272 (±2.4% / ±3,050.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.8% ±2.2% (4,025  ±1,494) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 3.3% 6,125
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±2.2% (3,521  ±1,147) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 6.8% † 9,629 (±1.2% / ±1,634)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,521 Total veterans ±1,147 3,136 Male ±1,147 385 Female ±336

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