Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,745/15,637
Economy12#13,808/15,631
Housing57#6,453/14,977
Health9#14,236/15,609
Healthcare8#14,346/15,650
Environment51#7,591/15,453
Education7#14,530/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,478/15,650
Community4#14,987/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,131/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jackson, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Butts County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low105 min
94/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesButts County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataButts County value
Property crime rate · low537 /100k
87/100Georgia 1,409 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureButts County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButts County value
Comfortable days · high30.4%
80/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationButts County value
Distance to an emergency room · low4.0 mi
79/100Georgia 7.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesButts County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButts County value
Primary care shortage · high19.0
3/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationButts County value
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationButts County value
Reading scores · low2.61
4/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButts County value
Loneliness · high39.6%
5/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsButts County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,061 (2015-2019) → 5,741 (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 90.4% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 88.4% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
37.8% (2015-2019) → 28.1% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
28.0% (2015-2019) → 19.4% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.595 (2015-2019) → 0.394 (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Jackson, Georgia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.2000.595 → 0.394
Broadband+33 points57.9% → 90.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	57.9%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+33 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	33.8%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	77.8%2015-2019	88.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5952015-2019	0.3942020-2024	−0.200	Improved	100%
Median household income	$40,6122015-2019	$46,1912020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	28.0%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	37.8%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	−9.7 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Jackson, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Jackson, Georgia itself moved +14.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,741 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,741 residents (±19)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

White51%2,940
Black38%2,175
Hispanic or Latino7.5%†431
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native1.4%†82
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.0%†113

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+6.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

3,721 residents (±304)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma12%†432
High school or GED49%1,822
Some college17%636
Associate degree7.7%†286
Bachelor's degree7.0%†261
Graduate degree7.6%†284

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−10.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,995 households (±181)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k18%†361
$25k–50k36%†725
$50k–75k23%†460
$75k–100k11%†215
$100k–150k8.4%†167
$150k–200k0.5%†10
$200k or more2.9%†57

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+14.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,995 households (±181)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Own53%1,058
Rent47%937

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

880 households (±215)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75034%†302
$750–1,00040%†350
$1,000–1,50019%†169

Home values

1,058 homes (±217)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k36%†380
$150k–250k46%†490
$250k–400k12%†126

Age of homes

2,036 homes (±181)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later8.9%†181
2000–200933%662
1980–199918%†365

Size of homes

2,036 homes (±181)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio3.4%†69
1 bedroom6.0%†123
2 bedrooms30%†603

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,198 workers (±350)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone75%1,643
Carpool17%†369
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.7%†169
Other0.8%†17

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+13.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,029 workers (±327)

Jackson, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min33%†674
15–29 min40%†804
30–44 min15%†299

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Butts County, the county holding most of Jackson's residents.

Butts County has 441 employer establishments, 164 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Georgia's), with 7,489 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,113. The Census Bureau also counts 2,365 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 441; 2,365 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 164; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 7,489
Average annual pay: $43,113; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Butts County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	45	16.7	1.08×About typical	389	$75,051	228
Restaurants and other eating places	38	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	699	$18,745	12
Automotive repair and maintenance	23	8.6	1.70×More than typical	144	$47,069	72
Ambulatory health care services	19	7.1	0.34×Fewer than typical	115	$55,278	64
Gasoline stations	19	7.1	2.18×More than typical	401	$29,773	—
Limited-service restaurants	19	7.1	0.88×About typical	438	$16,826	3
Building equipment contractors	18	6.7	1.11×About typical	172	$79,238	48
Lessors of real estate	18	6.7	0.54×Fewer than typical	29	$32,517	152
Religious organizations	18	6.7	1.21×About typical	69	$25,855	—
Truck transportation	18	6.7	1.32×More than typical	390	$77,613	114
Full-service restaurants	15	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	241	$22,162	4
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	13	4.8	1.46×More than typical	52	$56,904	24

Rank places for an industry Open Butts County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,898 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Jackson, Georgia: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

482.2FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Jackson, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Jackson is mostly in Butts County.

See federal money in Butts County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Jackson, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike CollinsR-GA-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Butts County21100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Butts County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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