Scores by category

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

Safety27#11,390/15,637
Economy9#14,192/15,631
Housing22#11,728/14,977
Health10#14,064/15,609
Healthcare23#12,082/15,650
Environment20#12,401/15,453
Education2#15,363/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,615/15,650
Community11#13,963/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,832/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jackson, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “East Feliciana Parish 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

Effective property tax rate · low0.16%
100/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low307 /100k
97/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationEast Feliciana Parish value
Job growth · high3.7%
96/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataEast Feliciana Parish value
Child care cost burden · low23.8%
81/100Louisiana 30.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEast Feliciana Parish value
Mental health providers · high455 /100k
81/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEast Feliciana Parish value
Public libraries · high1.0 /10k
77/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesEast Feliciana Parish value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low4.3%
1/100Louisiana 27.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poverty rate · high32.0%
3/100Louisiana 18.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Child poverty rate · high22.5%
3/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Louisiana 1.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyEast Feliciana Parish value
Restaurants and bars · low3.7 /10k
4/100Louisiana 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEast Feliciana Parish value
Median household income · low$37,844
4/100Louisiana $61,038United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
5,041 (2015-2019) → 3,958 (2020-2024)
−21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 22.5% (2020-2024)
−50 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
58.9% (2015-2019) → 75.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
44.9% (2015-2019) → 32.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 4.0× (2020-2024)
+61%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
13.4% (2015-2019) → 5.5% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Louisiana improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.2 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	58.9%2015-2019	75.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	63.4%2015-2019	70.4%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+1.5×	Within the margin of error	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.5082020-2024	+0.045	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$34,0632015-2019	$37,8442020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	44.9%2015-2019	32.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	46.0%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“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, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson, Louisiana 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, Louisiana itself moved −5.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

3,958 residents (±12)

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: 40–49 women (−2.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,958 residents (±12)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White37%1,459
Black53%2,111
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†93

Education

3,315 residents (±214)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma30%981
High school or GED46%1,529
Some college17%†562

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

555 households (±158)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k33%†185
$25k–50k27%†152
$50k–75k6.1%†34
$75k–100k10%†56
$100k–150k15%†86
$150k–200k2.2%†12
$200k or more5.4%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−8.7 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

555 households (±158)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own61%†337
Rent39%†218

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

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

203 households (±102)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75039%†80
$750–1,00028%†57
$1,000–1,50024%†48

Home values

337 homes (±125)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k49%†166
$150k–250k26%†88
$250k–400k17%†58

Age of homes

868 homes (±169)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later2.5%†22
2000–200913%†115
1980–199929%†252

Size of homes

868 homes (±169)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio8.3%†72
1 bedroom14%†120
2 bedrooms23%†202

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

661 workers (±171)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone85%564
Carpool5.0%†33
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.7%†64
Other0.0%0

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

† 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

597 workers (±153)

Jackson, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min41%†242
15–29 min29%†171
30–44 min24%†144

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 Baton Rouge, LA

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 East Feliciana Parish, the county holding most of Jackson's residents.

East Feliciana Parish has 242 employer establishments, 126 for every 10,000 residents (0.51× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Louisiana's), with 4,287 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,055. The Census Bureau also counts 1,558 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 242; 1,558 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 126; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 4,287
Average annual pay: $42,055; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of East Feliciana Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	17	8.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	67	$97,821	119
Ambulatory health care services	15	7.8	0.37×Fewer than typical	186	$53,995	53
Restaurants and other eating places	11	5.7	0.31×Fewer than typical	112	$14,339	12
Construction of buildings	10	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	18	$37,611	40
Religious organizations	9	4.7	0.84×Too few to compare	30	$19,200	—
Truck transportation	9	4.7	0.93×Too few to compare	24	$39,208	77
Banks and credit unions	8	4.2	1.29×Too few to compare	89	$61,011	—
Gasoline stations	8	4.2	1.28×Too few to compare	105	$23,943	—
General merchandise stores	7	3.6	2.06×Too few to compare	48	$20,833	4
Offices of other health practitioners	7	3.6	0.60×Too few to compare	41	$52,854	21
Architectural, engineering and related services	6	3.1	0.90×Too few to compare	25	$82,920	19
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	3.1	0.62×Too few to compare	15	$63,867	40

Rank places for an industry Open East Feliciana Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,216 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 $1,276 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Jackson, Louisiana: $0.32 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,276; +28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.32; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$1,276100%

Top recipients

DOUBLE BRONZE STAR MARKETING AND CONSULTING, INC$1,276100%

Spending by fiscal year

5.6KFY2023
1.4KFY2024
997.5FY2025
1.3KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$1,276100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$1,276100%

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, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Jackson, Louisiana's figures are part of those of East Feliciana Parish, LA ($2.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in East Feliciana Parish

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

House

Julia LetlowR-LA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 5.9%

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.

East Feliciana Parish7100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Baton Rouge, LA33

Other cities and towns in East Feliciana Parish

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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