Jackson County, Georgia

Jackson County has a population of 84,757 and has grown 30.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $345,000, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $89,544.

Home price
$345,000
Income
$89,544
Population
84,757
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$345,000county
Median gross rent$1,126county
Median year homes here were built2002county
Share of homes built before 198017.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$2,077county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,153county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,004county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,483county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$89,544county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate7.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.3%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.5%county
Share of workers employed by government16.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.5%county
Economic output per resident$76,898county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.87%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time31.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service58 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station17 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.3%county
Traffic deaths21.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher27.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.7%county
Public schools in the county20county
Public school enrollment17354county
Students per full-time teacher14.8county
Free lunch eligible47.3%county
Elementary schools11county
Middle schools5county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution17 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians56county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter9.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.4%county
Frequent mental distress17.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population84,757county
Land area in square miles340county
People per square mile of land250.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores13county
Share living far from a food store25.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract7.5%county
Population change since 2020+30.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.5%county
Share of households that are one person15.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.3%county
Second languages11.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls37.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents134county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents47county
Households that moved in4,506county
Households that moved away2,692county
Average income of arriving households$77,315county
Average income of departing households$64,312county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes59county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,827county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.6%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature62.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.55 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F46 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing51 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8a(statewide)
Frost-free days235 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$145county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.4¢county
Household electricity use1,099 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity78.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas16.2%county
Homes heated by propane3.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband94.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk47.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk59.1county
Landslide risk34.9county
Hail risk60.3county
Earthquake risk67.7county
Tornado risk69.4county
Tropical cyclone risk65.2county
Extreme heat risk46.5county
Winter weather risk10.2county
Strong wind risk47.8county
Wildfire risk28.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Jackson County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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