County · Kansas

Jackson County, Kansas

Jackson County, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 59 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,274 of 3,143 US counties. Within Kansas it ranks #76 of 105 counties. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), pharmacies (low) and suicide rate (high).

59Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,274 of 3,143 counties
Kansas: #76 of 105 in KS
Population: 13,438 (2025)
Land area: 656 mi²
Density: 20.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 20085

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety47#1,654/3,096
Economy79#649/3,143
Housing57#1,355/3,140
Health58#1,328/3,144
Healthcare60#1,259/3,143
Environment39#1,884/3,108
Education73#857/3,144
Infrastructure46#1,702/3,144
Community66#1,057/3,144
Leisure & amenities31#2,170/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jackson County, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low15.2%
100/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.388
97/100Kansas 0.457United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Mammography screening · high58.0%
95/100Kansas 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Kansas 8.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Poverty rate · low8.4%
89/100Kansas 10.9%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Loneliness · low31.5%
89/100Kansas 31.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
10/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
16/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Suicide rate · high20.7 /100k
21/100Kansas 18.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Flu vaccinations · low30.0%
22/100Kansas 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High ozone days · high1 days
23/100Kansas 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Effective property tax rate · high1.11%
23/100Kansas 1.21%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.5 /10k (2025)
+97%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
5.4 /1k (2020) → 9.1 /1k (2025)
+67%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
37.9% (2010 & 2021) → 48.4% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
1.5 /10k (2020) → 2.2 /10k (2025)
+48%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Restaurants and barsImproving
4.5 /10k (2020) → 6.7 /10k (2025)
+48%5 yearsUS 8.8 /10k → 9.0 /10k
Property crime rateImproving
1,104 /100k (2020) → 610 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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 County, Kansas improved on 7 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Weekly wage+31%$712 → $930
New businesses+67%5.4 /1k → 9.1 /1k
Property crime−45%1,104 /100k → 610 /100k
Unemployment−2.5 points5.8% → 3.3%
Real income+30%$47,665 → $61,727

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.3× → 2.8×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson County, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.5 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+48%	Within the margin of error	90%
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	28.1 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Average weekly wage	$7122020	$9302025	+31%	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	15.5%2019	11.1%2024	−4.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Distance to an airport	56 mi2020	56 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	12.3 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−4.9%	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	1.10%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	47%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+97%	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	45%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,6652019	$61,7272024	+30%	Improved	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.3882020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$60,6152019	$72,7222024	+20%	Improved	25%
New business applications	5.4 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+67%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	62%
Poverty rate	10.9%2019	8.4%2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Property crime rate	1,104 /100k2020	610 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	66%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−1.9%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	23.8%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Rent-burdened households	42.1%2015-2019	42.7%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Restaurants and bars	4.5 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+48%	Within the margin of error	95%
Students per teacher	11.8×2019	12.2×2024	+0.4×	Little change	17%
Traffic deaths	24.1 /100k2015-2019	25.5 /100k2020-2024	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	3.3%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.5%2019	10.6%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Violent crime rate	198 /100k2020	206 /100k2025	+4.1%	Within the margin of error	29%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Jackson County, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson County, Kansas 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 County, Kansas itself moved −4.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

13,341 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

5,013 households (±185)

Jackson County, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k12%596
$25k–50k19%934
$50k–75k19%968

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,013 households (±185)

Jackson County, Kansas
Kansas share

Own77%3,865
Rent23%1,148

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,431 workers (±242)

Jackson County, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone74%4,759
Carpool13%817
Public transit0.1%†5

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 Topeka, KS

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.

Jackson County has 260 employer establishments, 195 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Kansas's), with 3,024 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,492. The Census Bureau also counts 910 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 260; 910 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 195; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 3,024
Average annual pay: $41,492; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	27	20.2	1.30×More than typical	82	$53,610	106
Restaurants and other eating places	16	12	0.65×Fewer than typical	232	$13,750	5
Religious organizations	14	10.5	1.89×More than typical	34	$17,529	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	9.7	0.47×Fewer than typical	124	$56,242	28
Other specialty trade contractors	10	7.5	2.98×More than typical	36	$48,333	36
Construction of buildings	9	6.7	0.89×Too few to compare	43	$68,581	45
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	8	6	1.47×Too few to compare	26	$26,038	12
Lessors of real estate	8	6	0.49×Too few to compare	23	$32,913	72
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	6	0.89×Too few to compare	23	$29,043	71
Truck transportation	8	6	1.18×Too few to compare	23	$44,130	36
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	5.2	1.66×Too few to compare	23	$52,826	21
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	5.2	1.19×Too few to compare	14	$47,571	19

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,365 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $36M on contracts performed in Jackson County, Kansas: $2,682 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $36M; +9,122% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,682; US $1,994
Sole-source: 99%; 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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$35.9M99%
Department of the Army$126.5K0.4%
Indian Health Service$54.1K0.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

141.1KFY2017
241.3KFY2018
608.6KFY2019
433.1KFY2020
5.9MFY2021
1.5MFY2022
3.6MFY2023
1.6MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Offices of real estate agents and brokers · 5312$35.9M99%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$123.5K0.3%
Utility system construction · 2371$54.1K0.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$3,0000.0%

Largest awards

DUE DILIGENCE SERVICES AND CONCEPT DESIGN FOR PROCESSING CENTERS AND MEGA CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES$35.9M
KPB SERVICES LLC· Jackson County, KS· Professional services· Nov 28, 2025 – Apr 24, 2026· 70CMSW26FR0000001
ROOF MEMBRANE & CANALES REPLACEMENT$704.3K
PRAIRIE BAND CONSTRUCTION, INC.· Jackson County, KS· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2023 – Dec 12, 2025· 140A2323F0329
FORBES MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION TASK RDER$348.2K
ECC ENVIRONMENTAL LLC· Jackson County, KS· Facilities & utilities· Jul 2, 2024 – Jun 11, 2026· W912DQ24F3035
DENTAL STOOLS AT NNMC

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $105.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jackson County, Kansas: $7,861 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $105.6M; +1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,861; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$56.7M54%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$11.5M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.3M8.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.6M6.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.4M4.1%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.6M2.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$1.7M1.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.5M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION$18M17%
MAYETTA, KS
ROYAL VALLEY USD 337$1.5M1.4%
MAYETTA, KS
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF HOLTON$216.6K0.2%
HOLTON, KS
CYPRESS GLEN HOUSING LLC$156.2K0.1%
HOLTON, KS
COXCOM, LLC$88.6K0.1%

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$69.1M65%
Federal Highway Administration$11.5M11%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.2M9.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$3.1M2.9%
Department of the Interior
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

83.9MFY2021
104.6MFY2022
88.9MFY2023
113.5MFY2024
103.9MFY2025
105.6MFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Jackson County, Kansas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Jackson County, Kansas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$10.58	$1,436
FY2018	$18.16	$1,552
FY2019	$46.23	$1,654
FY2020	$32.72	$1,880
FY2021	$444	$1,810
FY2022	$110	$1,917
FY2023	$272	$2,079
FY2024	$116	$2,047
FY2025	$29.08	$2,165
FY2026	$2,682 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2017	$8.29	$93.28
FY2018	$18.05	$105
FY2019	$18.70	$128
FY2020	-$0.86	$145
FY2021	$430	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,005	$5,748
FY2022	$1,655	$5,221
FY2023	$846	$5,364
FY2024	$2,292	$5,501
FY2025	$666	$5,732
FY2026	$3,926

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$20.69	$298
FY2022	$431	$357
FY2023	$0	$301
FY2024	$1,296	$319
FY2025	$270	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$113	$239
FY2022	$247	$185
FY2023	$240	$229
FY2024	$90.32	$229
FY2025	$106	$249
FY2026	$69.98

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$162	$2,304
FY2022	$136	$2,197
FY2023	$81.71	$2,274
FY2024	$141	$2,267
FY2025	$90.44	$2,397
FY2026	$54.24

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
FY2021	$1,043	$1,186
FY2022	$23.48	$465
FY2023	-$40.93	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$97.04

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Jackson County, Kansas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jackson County, Kansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2021

$430 per resident in FY2021, against an earlier average of $11.05 (39× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Jackson County, Kansas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/20085

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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 County, Kansas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Jackson County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Topeka, KS61Outlying county

Cities and towns in Jackson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jackson County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/20085

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	−3.1%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+3.3%
2018	+6.1%	+6.8%
2019	+8.6%	+10.5%
2020	+17.9%	+19.4%
2021	+23.5%	+26.1%
2022	+30.3%	+30.6%
2023	+41.1%	+35.0%
2024	+47.5%	+41.0%
2025	+54.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	0.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	−7.0%	−6.9%
2015	−10.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−14.0%	+4.7%
2018	−2.7%	+7.5%
2019	+4.7%	+14.0%
2020	+0.0%	+16.9%
2021	−5.6%	+21.0%
2022	+21.7%	+29.7%
2023	+26.2%	+34.9%
2024	+25.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+58.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+78.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+106.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+116.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+129.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+144.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.1/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.4%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	3.0%	5.4%
2022	2.7%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+4.1%
2018	+8.5%	+8.9%
2019	+13.1%	+13.5%
2020	+23.4%	+20.8%
2021	+32.0%	+32.1%
2022	+29.8%	+35.4%
2023	+38.2%	+42.9%
2024	+43.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	10.3%	15.5%
2015	11.3%	14.7%
2016	8.9%	14.0%
2017	11.0%	13.4%
2018	10.5%	13.1%
2019	10.9%	12.3%
2020	9.3%	11.9%
2021	9.3%	12.8%
2022	8.8%	12.6%
2023	10.5%	12.5%
2024	8.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jackson County, Kansas	United States
2014	11.9%	13.5%
2015	9.7%	10.9%
2016	9.3%	10.0%
2017	9.7%	10.2%
2018	10.1%	10.4%
2019	11.5%	10.8%
2020	12.1%	10.4%
2021	10.3%	10.2%
2022	10.4%	9.5%
2023	10.3%	9.5%
2024	10.6%	9.8%

Year	Jackson County, Kansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+7.0 points	+6.6 points	+4.9 points to +9.1 points
Year −2	+5.8 points	+6.5 points	+4.2 points to +8.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+7.2 points	+7.1 points	+4.9 points to +10.1 points
Year +1	+3.7 points	+6.3 points	+3.9 points to +7.9 points
Year +2	+13.8 points	+7.1 points	+2.8 points to +11.1 points

Year	Jackson County, Kansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.5 per 1,000 people	−0.3 per 1,000 people	−0.8 per 1,000 people to +0.2 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−1.2 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.3 per 1,000 people to +0.4 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.9 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−0.4 per 1,000 people to +1.6 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−1.1 per 1,000 people	+0.8 per 1,000 people	−0.1 per 1,000 people to +3.8 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.1 per 1,000 people	+0.2 per 1,000 people	−0.5 per 1,000 people to +1.5 per 1,000 people

Year	Jackson County, Kansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−31.3%	−25.6%	−27.2% to −23.7%
Year −2	−11.4%	−13.7%	−15.4% to −12.4%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+15.6%	+11.1%	+8.8% to +15.0%
Year +1	+21.2%	+13.6%	+11.8% to +15.4%
Year +2	+28.6%	+23.2%

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