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Jackson

United States · GDP 2024
#1204 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+4.2%
Jobs tracked
13,583
Employers
1,113
Avg. wage
$46.6k
Population
45,039
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$55.8k±$5.0k
Business applications
428 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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
Food & accommodation48%
Retail trade18%
Health care17%
Construction7%
Admin & support6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,039
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,719
International migration+555
Natural change−530

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.8B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$284.7k±$20.0k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±2.2%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
232 (5.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
80.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$964/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Cold wave 96Lightning 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
179
2016
180
2017
197
2018
201
2019
215
2020
242
2021
294
2022
317
2023
354
2024
376
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
11.8 km
BLU
Nearest port
97.0 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.8 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Williams$2.2BChattahoochee$2.2BPolk$2.2BScurry$2.2BLawrence$2.2BAppling$2.2B
The read

Jackson's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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