City safety & data profile

JacksonMO

Jackson, MO is a 15K-resident city in Cape Girardeau County with a median household income of $77,105.

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jackson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jackson has a population larger than 27% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $240,000.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 28%
By size
$77,105
Median income (place)
$240,000
Median home (place)
8.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jackson

Jackson posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 47%
by median income, US cities

Where Jackson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$77,105 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Jackson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Jackson, MO beyond the headline numbers

Jackson sits inside Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, at roughly 37.38°N, -89.67°W. Population 14,869, $77,105 median household income. Median home value $240,000, median rent $900. Poverty rate 8.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8.6%, poverty in Jackson, MO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Jackson runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 12.4% of Jackson workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 17.4% in Jackson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Jackson workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Jackson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,869
Jackson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$77,105
-14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$240,000
-42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cape Girardeau County): Jackson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
83K+8%
Median Income
$68,464+47%
Median Home Value
$220,700+61%
Poverty Rate
13.9%-12%
Unemployment
2.3%-68%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jackson, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$900/mo
Poverty Rate
8.6% -31% vs avg
Unemployment 1.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35.8%
Work From Home 12.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 89.2%
African American 2.6%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.9%
High Blood Pressure
34.5%
Obesity
33.4%
Physical Inactivity
26%
Binge Drinking
17.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.9%
Current Smoking
13.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.2%
Current Asthma
10.3%
Diabetes
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.2%
Annual Checkup 78.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Jackson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Jackson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-JACKSON-MO · Jackson

Jackson: 36 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 36 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Jackson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 36 tagged notices on record for Jackson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Jackson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (36 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Jackson, MO? ▼
Jackson, MO has a population of 14,869 people, located in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Jackson? ▼
The median household income in Jackson, MO is $77,105 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.6%.
What is the median home value in Jackson? ▼
The median home value in Jackson, MO is $240,000. Median rent is $900/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jackson? ▼
The top health indicators in Jackson include Short Sleep Duration (35.9%), High Blood Pressure (34.5%), Obesity (33.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Jackson? ▼
The median age in Jackson, MO is 37.1 years. 35.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Jackson, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (8.6% here).

Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% Surprise, AZ 8.6% Longmont, CO 8.6% Citrus Heights, CA 8.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($77,105 here).

South Venice, FL $77,097 Highland, CA $77,120 Taylors, SC $77,144 Commerce, CA $77,064

Compare Jackson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Cape Girardeau, MO 39K Sikeston, MO 16K Carbondale, IL 26K Herrin, IL 13K Marion, IL 18K Farmington, MO 18K Poplar Bluff, MO 17K Waterloo, IL 10K
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Using Jackson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Jackson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Jackson against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cape Girardeau County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.