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Jackson city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Jackson city is a Census city of 2,015 people across 2.51 square miles of land, in Breathitt County. Median household income is $32,683, 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $109,000.
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Jackson
What Jackson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.51 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land803
- County holding the largest share of its areaBreathitt County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
How many people live in Jackson
- Population2,015
- Median age43.0
- Population under 18343 plus or minus 84
- Share under 1817.0 percent
- Population 65 and over469 plus or minus 125
- Share 65 and over23.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households1,039
- Family households513 plus or minus 119
- Share of households that are families49.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
Income and work in Jackson
- Median household income$32,683
- Per capita income$23,967
- Civilian labor force790 plus or minus 237
- Employed693 plus or minus 234
- Unemployed97 plus or minus 51
- Unemployment rate12.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over1,503
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
Housing in Jackson
- Housing units1,281
- Occupied units1,039
- Vacant units242 plus or minus 72
- Vacancy rate18.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied583 plus or minus 168
- Renter occupied456 plus or minus 116
- Ownership rate56.1 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$77,500 plus or minus $31,481
- Median gross rent, monthly$495
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units645
- Share single family50.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more338 plus or minus 109
- Share in buildings of two or more26.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes298 plus or minus 106
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
How Jackson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute691 plus or minus 235
- Commuting under 15 minutes441 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting under 15 minutes63.8 percent plus or minus 28.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more150 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.7 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Drove alone82.7 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Carpooled10.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Worked from home0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
SBA loans in Jackson (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$109,000
- Average approval$36,333
- Median approval$20,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$69,000
- Largest approval$69,000
- Jobs supported28
- Jobs per approval9.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Breathitt County, not Jackson
Breathitt County context, not Jackson figures
These are Breathitt County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jackson measurements.
- Establishments in Breathitt County149
- Employment at those establishments, Breathitt County1,945
- Covered employment, Breathitt County2,635
- Average annual pay, Breathitt County$46,008
- Average weekly wage, Breathitt County$885
- Housing units permitted, Breathitt County4
- Of those, single family, Breathitt County4
- County product, 2024, Breathitt County$306,890,000
- County product change over the prior year, Breathitt County7.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Breathitt County$34,779
Every figure in this section is published for Breathitt County as a whole and is not a measurement of Jackson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Jackson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jackson, Kentucky?
2,015, in 1,039 households. Jackson city covers 2.51 square miles of land, which is 803 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jackson in?
Breathitt County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Jackson?
$32,683. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $77,500. Median gross rent is $495 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jackson businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $109,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $20,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jackson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jackson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Jackson. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Jackson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Breathitt County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Jackson.
Is zoning published for Jackson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.