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Jackson County

How many people live in Jackson County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202416,712
• Households6,076
• Average household size2.75
• Median household income$44,218
• Median age40.2
• Median gross rent$668 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$98,300
• Home value to household income2.2 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income18.1 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.7 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.2 percent
• Adults 25 and over11,899
• Population under 183,336
• Share under 1820.0 percent
• Population 65 and over2,998
• Share 65 and over17.9 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 6410,378
• Civilian labor force6,393
• Unemployment rate9.8 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over47.8 percent
• Rank by population among Arkansas counties44th of 75
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included2058th of 3,222

Jackson County is the 44th largest of 75 Arkansas counties by population. A median home costs 2.2 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 20.0 percent against 17.9 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Jackson County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving358
• People arriving, from those returns745
• Tax returns filed by households leaving391
• Net household movement-33
• Adjusted gross income arriving$11.8 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-1.5 m
• Average income of an arriving household$32,953
• Average income of a leaving household$33,957
• Largest single originWhite County (55 households)
• Largest single destinationCraighead County (53 households)

Households arriving report $1,004 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up. The largest single source of arrivals is White County, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Jackson County

• Covered employment, annual average5,130
• Establishments reporting418
• Average annual pay$49,233
• Average weekly wage$947
• Manufacturing, employment915
• Manufacturing, average annual pay$68,674
• Retail trade, employment704
• Retail trade, average annual pay$37,028
• Health care and social assistance, employment685
• Health care and social assistance, average annual pay$50,452
• Wholesale trade, employment233
• Wholesale trade, average annual pay$72,561
• Construction, employment162
• Finance and insurance, employment111

Manufacturing is the largest private sector at 915 jobs, 17.8 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Jackson County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20247
• Declared construction value permitted$2.1 m
• Single family units authorized7
• Multifamily units authorized0
• Multifamily share of units0.0 percent
• Average declared value per unit$302,641
• Units authorized per 1,000 households1.2

Single-family homes are 100.0 percent of units authorized, so the pipeline is predominantly single-family.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Jackson County

Do SBA loans in Jackson County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded0
• Paid in full0
• Charged off0
• Status: Exempt from disclosure5

Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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Flood risk in Jackson County

• Participation of the county's own NFIP community Jackson County, unincorporated areasParticipating, community 050096
• Communities in the county in the NFIP Community Status Book12
• Of those, participating in the NFIP11
• NFIP participation rate91.7 percent
• Communities carrying a CRS class0
• Radon levels in Jackson County, EPA zone predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/LZone 3

The county's own community in the status book, unincorporated Jackson County (community 050096), participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies there. The EPA places Jackson County in radon zone 3, a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L. The zone is a screening prediction for the county and does not substitute for a test at an address. 91.7 percent of the county's listed communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, per Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.

Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26. US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet, 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001.

Feasibility studies

When a Jackson County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Jackson County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202416,712
• Households6,076
• Average household size2.75
• Median household income$44,218
• Median age40.2

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Cities and places in Jackson.

11 Census places lie wholly or partly in Jackson County. All 11 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked.