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Jackson city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Jackson city is a Census city of 68,435 people across 58.73 square miles of land, in Madison County. Median household income is $53,032, 51.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $37.7 m.
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Jackson
What Jackson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area58.73 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,165
- County holding the largest share of its areaMadison 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
- Population68,435
- Median age35.5
- Population under 1816,680
- Share under 1824.4 percent
- Population 65 and over11,094
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households27,541
- Family households15,978
- Share of households that are families58.0 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$53,032
- Per capita income$31,372
- Civilian labor force33,179
- Employed30,482
- Unemployed2,697
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over44,094
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
Housing in Jackson
- Housing units30,324
- Occupied units27,541
- Vacant units2,783
- Vacancy rate9.2 percent
- Owner occupied14,107
- Renter occupied13,434
- Ownership rate51.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$217,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,145
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.9 percent
- Single family units20,167
- Share single family66.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9,707
- Share in buildings of two or more32.0 percent
- Mobile homes424 plus or minus 181
- Median year structure built1985
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 commute26,648
- Commuting under 15 minutes11,597
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,189
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.7 percent
- Drove alone71.7 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home9.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jackson
SBA 7(a) lending to Jackson borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$37,688,000
- Average approval$1,018,595
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,000,000
- Largest approval$3,185,000
- Jobs supported515
- Jobs per approval13.9
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.6 percent
- Share to franchises18.9 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS24
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jackson
SBA 504 lending to Jackson borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$14,423,000
- Average approval$1,802,875
- Median approval$1,097,000
- Largest approval$3,959,000
- Jobs supported109
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Madison County, not Jackson
Madison County context, not Jackson figures
These are Madison 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 Madison County2,598
- Employment at those establishments, Madison County55,344
- Covered employment, Madison County60,967
- Average annual pay, Madison County$58,054
- Average weekly wage, Madison County$1,116
- Housing units permitted, Madison County247
- Of those, single family, Madison County247
- County product, 2024, Madison County$8,548,148,000
- County product change over the prior year, Madison County3.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Madison County$50,577
Every figure in this section is published for Madison 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, Tennessee?
68,435, in 27,541 households. Jackson city covers 58.73 square miles of land, which is 1,165 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?
Madison 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?
$53,032. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $217,800. Median gross rent is $1,145 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?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $37.7 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $14.4 m. 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?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Madison 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.
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