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County profile

Jackson

United States · GDP 2024
#88 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$65.1B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
360,017
Employers
18,212
Avg. wage
$69.2k
Population
732,994
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$68.6k±$1.1k
Business applications
14,901 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Evergy, Inc.Utilities$5.7B54D2H&R Block, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$3.8B77B+3Custom Truck One Source, Inc.Industrials$1.4B57C4EPR PropertiesReal Estate$718.4M69B5Kansas City Life Insurance CompanyFinancial Services$485.4M37D6NASB Financial, Inc.Financial Services$178.7M58C7Tower Properties CompanyReal Estate$44.4M55C8Central Natural Resources, Inc.Energy$948.9k——9APT MotoVox Group, Inc.Consumer Defensive$156.0k——10Commerce Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———11UMB Financial CorporationFinancial Services———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade16%
Professional services16%
Manufacturing14%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
732,994
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,656
International migration+12,454
Natural change+6,478

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$49.9B
2019
$49.6B
2020
$53.6B
2021
$57.2B
2022
$61.6B
2023
$65.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$230.5k±$2.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±0.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
4,036 (5.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 99Hail 99Heat wave 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
367
2016
394
2017
426
2018
453
2019
480
2020
539
2021
620
2022
670
2023
695
2024
717
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-470
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
15.8 km
SUGAR CREEK CENTRAL PLAINS CEMENT RIVER TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
24.7 km
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN/WHEELER FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

22 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KEvergy, Inc.07-01
8-KEvergy, Inc.07-01
8-KCustom Truck One Source, Inc.06-11
8-KCommerce Bancshares, Inc.05-12
10-QCommerce Bancshares, Inc.05-07
10-QEvergy, Inc.05-07
10-QEPR Properties05-07
8-KEvergy, Inc.05-07
8-KCommerce Bancshares, Inc.05-07
8-KEPR Properties05-07
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$69.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Monroe$65.1BPrince George's$65.2BPierce$64.9BJefferson$65.5BBaltimore (Independent City)$65.6BHudson$65.7B
The read

Jackson's economy produced $65.1B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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