What is the population of Jackson city?

Jackson city has 3,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Jackson city?

Median household income in Jackson city is $57,328 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Jackson city?

Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $118,900, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.

Is Jackson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jackson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Jackson, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Jackson, Minnesota (Jackson, MN — Census place “Jackson city”) is 3,298 residents, ranking #203 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $57,328, the median home is worth $118,900 and median gross rent runs $702 a month. Looking for the Jackson Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Jackson, MN: 56143.

Population: 3,298Jackson city residents
Median household income: $57,328Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $118,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $702Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.8%Owner-occupied households

Jackson ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Jackson.

The Jackson MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

56143

What the numbers mean in Jackson city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Jackson city median would spend about 14.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14% of residents and 69.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Jackson city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Jackson city is a small town in Minnesota, with 3,298 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #203 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 42.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Jackson city earn a median of $57,328 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Jackson city is valued at $118,900, 60.8% below the national figure and 51% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $702 a month, 50.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,424 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 69.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Jackson city?: Jackson city has 3,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Jackson city?: Median household income in Jackson city is $57,328 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Jackson city?: Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $118,900, so rent absorbs about 14.7% of median household income.
Is Jackson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jackson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Jackson city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.