Jackson is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 420 people and just one neighborhood, Jackson is the 499th largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Jackson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.85% of the Jackson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Jackson is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jackson who work in food service (11.76%), maintenance occupations (10.29%), and healthcare (8.82%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jackson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jackson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jackson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jackson may be for you.
Jackson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Jackson, just 10.28% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Jackson in 2018 was $19,444, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,776 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jackson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include English, Irish, German, French, and British.
The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
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Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022.
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Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to NC* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Conway Middle School
400 East Main Street Conway, NC 27820 |
06-08 | ||
Northampton County High School
152 Hurricane Drive Gaston, NC 27832 |
09-12 | ||
Central Elementary School
9742 Nc Hwy 305 Jackson, NC 27845 |
PK-05 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 98.5% | 51.2% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 98.5% | 48.7% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 0.0% | 2.5% |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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