City safety & data profile

JacksonTN

Jackson, TN is a 67K-resident city in Madison County with a median household income of $53,032.

Madison County, Tennessee. 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 86% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $217,800, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

67K
Population (place)
Top 14%
By size
$53,032
Median income (place)
$217,800
Median home (place)
22.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jackson

Jackson posts a median household income higher than 13% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Jackson area.

Bottom 14%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Jackson

Where Jackson income ranks nationally

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

$53,032 Bottom 13% higher than 13% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis 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, TN beyond the headline numbers

Jackson sits inside Madison County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.61°N, -88.81°W. Population 66,975, $53,032 median household income. Median home value $217,800, median rent $1,145. Poverty rate 22.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Jackson, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

22.2% of Jackson, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Jackson runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 9.7% of Jackson workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 43.6% in Jackson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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)
66,975
Jackson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$53,032
-41% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$217,800
-47% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Madison 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
99K+1%
Median Income
$60,042+44%
Median Home Value
$211,800+88%
Poverty Rate
18.2%-9%
Unemployment
7%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jackson, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,145/mo
Poverty Rate
22.2% +79% vs avg
Unemployment 8.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.8%
Work From Home 9.7%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 46.3%
African American 44.1%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
44.9%
High Blood Pressure
43.6%
Short Sleep Duration
38.4%
Physical Inactivity
32.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.6%
Current Smoking
19.7%
Diabetes
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.2%
Current Asthma
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.2%
Annual Checkup 81.6%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
12%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.5%
Stroke
4.6%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
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0
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1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
1
JACKSON-MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
JACKSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

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 TN-JACKSON-TN · 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 Tennessee 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 6

What is the population of Jackson, TN? ▼
Jackson, TN has a population of 66,975 people, located in Madison County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Jackson? ▼
The median household income in Jackson, TN is $53,032 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.2%.
What is the median home value in Jackson? ▼
The median home value in Jackson, TN is $217,800. Median rent is $1,145/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jackson? ▼
The top health indicators in Jackson include Obesity (44.9%), High Blood Pressure (43.6%), Short Sleep Duration (38.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Jackson? ▼
Jackson has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Jackson? ▼
The median age in Jackson, TN is 35.5 years. 27.8% 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 Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (22.2% here).

Beeville, TX 22.1% Grass Valley, CA 22.1% Cottonwood, AZ 22.1% Logan, UT 22.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($53,032 here).

Bridgeport, IL $53,036 Stephenville, TX $53,015 Frankfort, KY $53,073 El Centro, CA $53,082

Compare Jackson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Dyersburg, TN 17K Martin, TN 11K Corinth, MS 15K Paris, TN 10K Union City, TN 11K Arlington, TN 12K Lakeland, TN 13K Collierville, TN 49K
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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 Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

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 (Madison 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.