City safety & data profile

JacksonWY

Jackson, WY is a 11K-resident city in Teton County with a median household income of $118,991.

Teton County, Wyoming. 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 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,521,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$118,991
Median income (place)
$1,521,900
Median home (place)
4.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jackson

Jackson posts a median household income higher than 82% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Jackson area.

Top 18%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Jackson

Where Jackson income ranks nationally

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

$118,991 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 WY

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

residents

What this shows Cheyenne is the largest WY city on this list; Jackson leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in WY

Median household income among the same 10-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Jackson posts the highest place-level median income in WY; Cheyenne 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, WY beyond the headline numbers

Jackson sits inside Teton County, Wyoming, at roughly 43.48°N, -110.76°W. Population 10,523, $118,991 median household income. Median home value $1,521,900, median rent $2,100. Poverty rate 4.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.4% of Jackson, WY residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Jackson costs around 12.8 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 11.4% 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: 21.6% in Jackson, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

5.3% of Jackson workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Jackson's median age is 35.3 years, in the youngest quarter 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)
10,523
Jackson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$118,991
+33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,521,900
+268% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Teton 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
23K+8%
Median Income
$124,172+82%
Median Home Value
$1,633,900+148%
Poverty Rate
5.7%-30%
Unemployment
1.8%-55%

Economics

Economics indicators for Jackson, WY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,100/mo
Poverty Rate
4.4% -65% vs avg
Unemployment 1.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 52.4%
Work From Home 11.4%
Public Transit 5.3%

Population

White 66.5%
Asian 1%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
28.4%
Obesity
24.2%
High Blood Pressure
21.6%
Binge Drinking
19.4%
Physical Inactivity
17.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
14%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.2%
Current Smoking
9.2%
Current Asthma
9.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.3%
Annual Checkup 64.8%

Other Measures

Diabetes
6.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
3.5%
Stroke
1.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
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0
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ST JOHNS MEDICAL CENTER
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 WY-JACKSON-WY · 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 Wyoming 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, WY? ▼
Jackson, WY has a population of 10,523 people, located in Teton County, Wyoming.
What is the median household income in Jackson? ▼
The median household income in Jackson, WY is $118,991 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.4%.
What is the median home value in Jackson? ▼
The median home value in Jackson, WY is $1,521,900. Median rent is $2,100/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jackson? ▼
The top health indicators in Jackson include Short Sleep Duration (28.4%), Obesity (24.2%), High Blood Pressure (21.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Jackson? ▼
Jackson has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Jackson? ▼
The median age in Jackson, WY is 35.3 years. 52.4% 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 Wyoming so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WY (4.4% here).

Naperville, IL 4.4% San Ramon, CA 4.4% Parker, CO 4.4% Derry Village, NH 4.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WY ($118,991 here).

Lafayette, CO $119,040 Sussex, WI $119,041 Atlantic Beach, FL $118,935 Ardmore, PA $119,111

Compare Jackson with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Conda, ID 21K Rexburg, ID 28K Ammon, ID 15K Idaho Falls, ID 59K Blackfoot, ID 12K Pocatello, ID 54K Chubbuck, ID 14K Smithfield, UT 11K
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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 Wyoming peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wyoming

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 (Teton 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.