County · North Carolina

Jackson County, North Carolina

Jackson County, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 50 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,580 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Carolina it ranks #38 of 100 counties. It ranks best on hot days (low), access to exercise opportunities (high) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on cost of buying a home today (high), broadband subscriptions (low) and home price to income ratio (high).

50Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,580 of 3,143 counties
North Carolina: #38 of 100 in NC
Population: 45,039 (2025)
Land area: 491 mi²
Density: 91.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 37099

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 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.

Safety21#2,437/3,096
Economy33#2,120/3,143
Housing29#2,232/3,140
Health49#1,596/3,144
Healthcare63#1,174/3,143
Environment87#414/3,108
Education48#1,639/3,144
Infrastructure34#2,084/3,144
Community76#762/3,144
Leisure & amenities66#1,076/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
99/100North Carolina 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.5%
97/100North Carolina 78.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.31%
96/100North Carolina 0.66%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Mental health providers · high486 /100k
91/100North Carolina 351 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low11.0
83/100North Carolina 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
New homes permitted · high5.8 /1k
83/100North Carolina 8.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high50.5%
3/100North Carolina 33.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Broadband subscriptions · low78.9%
7/100North Carolina 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Home price to income ratio · high5.1×
9/100North Carolina 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.488
11/100North Carolina 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Students per teacher · high16.9×
12/100North Carolina 16.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100North Carolina 0.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Trends

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

PopulationRising
42,142 (2020) → 45,039 (2025)
+6.9%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 81% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+81 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Hot daysImproving
0 days (2011-2020) → 0 days (2016-2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
37.0% (Dec 2021) → 50.5% (Aug 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Firearm deathsWorsening
15.7 /100k (2021) → 24.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+57%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
51.7 /100k (2021) → 24.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, North Carolina improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 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.

Improved9

Uninsured−5.6 points19.2% → 13.6%
Rent burden−9.6 points51.7% → 42.2%
Unemployment−3.8 points7.3% → 3.5%
Household income+30%$47,759 → $62,044
Overdose deaths−50%49.7 /100k → 24.7 /100k

Declined4

Students / teacher+2.2×14.8× → 16.9×
Inequality+0.0420.446 → 0.488
Violent crime+39%230 /100k → 319 /100k
Price / income+1.0×4.2× → 5.1×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.2 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	29%
Average commute time	20.2 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Average weekly wage	$8162020	$9582025	+17%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	71.4%2015-2019	78.9%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	27%
Child poverty rate	24.8%2019	21.0%2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	49.7 /100k2020	24.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−50%	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	0.41%2015-2019	0.31%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	43%
Firearm deaths	18.2 /100k2020	24.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Within the margin of error	12%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−22%	Within the margin of error	17%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−6.4%	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	89.4%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	5.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	11%
Homicide rate	6.2 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Within the margin of error	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,7912019	$56,4072024	+35%	Improved	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.042	Declined	8%
Median household income	$47,7592019	$62,0442024	+30%	Improved	75%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	47%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−6.4%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	19.3%2019	16.9%2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	51.7%2015-2019	42.2%2020-2024	−9.6 points	Improved	89%
Restaurants and bars	11.4 /10k2020	10.4 /10k2025	−8.4%	Within the margin of error	28%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	16.9×2024	+2.2×	Declined	3%
Suicide rate	18.9 /100k2020	26.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+42%	Within the margin of error	8%
Traffic deaths	19.1 /100k2015-2019	16.0 /100k2020-2024	−16%	Within the margin of error	75%
Unemployment rate	7.3%2020	3.5%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.2%2019	13.6%2024	−5.6 points	Improved	97%
Violent crime rate	230 /100k2020	319 /100k2025	+39%	Declined	12%

“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, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson County, North Carolina 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, North Carolina itself moved −0.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

43,771 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

18,430 households (±616)

Jackson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k21%3,910
$25k–50k24%4,493
$50k–75k19%3,414

Homes

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

Owners and renters

18,430 households (±616)

Jackson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own61%11,201
Rent39%7,229

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−3.5 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

18,989 workers (±938)

Jackson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone79%15,013
Carpool7.1%1,348
Public transit0.0%0

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 1,113 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 1.04× North Carolina's), with 13,583 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,428. The Census Bureau also counts 3,521 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,113; 3,521 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 13,583
Average annual pay: $42,428; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	91	20.2	1.10×About typical	1,661	$25,079	15
Specialty trade contractors	84	18.7	1.20×About typical	427	$48,265	312
Ambulatory health care services	79	17.5	0.84×About typical	785	$71,298	156
Construction of buildings	78	17.3	2.29×More than typical	266	$62,654	183
Lessors of real estate	68	15.1	1.23×About typical	229	$47,712	435
Services to buildings and dwellings	51	11.3	1.68×More than typical	507	$31,673	396
Full-service restaurants	47	10.4	1.36×More than typical	881	$28,829	7
Religious organizations	42	9.3	1.68×More than typical	236	$18,436	—
Landscaping services	38	8.4	2.41×More than typical	255	$42,941	149
Limited-service restaurants	35	7.8	0.97×About typical	716	$19,514	5
Real estate agents and brokers	32	7.1	1.46×More than typical	57	$81,474	141
Traveler accommodation	28	6.2	3.45×More than typical	3,312	$42,876	27

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 45,034 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 $831.5K on contracts performed in Jackson County, North Carolina: $18.46 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $831.5K; +201% vs FY2025
Per resident: $18.46; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 98%; 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

National Institute of Standards and Technology$811.3K98%
Forest Service$12.7K

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 $276M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jackson County, North Carolina: $6,127 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $276M; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,127; US $12,957
Loan face value: $8.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$169.1M61%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$27.3M9.9%

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, North Carolina 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, North Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$244	$1,436
FY2018	$86.77	$1,552
FY2019	$26.20	$1,654
FY2020	$31.63	$1,880
FY2021	$23.26	$1,810
FY2022	$35.49	$1,917
FY2023	$3.68	$2,079
FY2024	$61.66	$2,047
FY2025	$6.13	$2,165
FY2026	$18.46 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$1,563	$5,748
FY2022	$275	$5,221
FY2023	$293	$5,364
FY2024	$233	$5,501
FY2025	$263	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$284	$298
FY2022	$126	$357
FY2023	$197	$301
FY2024	$100	$319
FY2025	$135	$360
FY2026	$302

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$15.76	$239
FY2022	$8.46	$185
FY2023	$11.38	$229
FY2024	$15.73	$229
FY2025	$14.81	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$51.56	$2,304
FY2022	-$17.28	$2,197
FY2023	-$4.46	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$438	$1,186
FY2022	$214	$465
FY2023	$47.43	$76.52
FY2024	$42.57	$120
FY2025	$152	$148
FY2026	$77.48

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, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jackson County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/37099

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

House

Chuck EdwardsR-NC-11 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

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 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

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Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−7.1%	−4.2%
2015	−2.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+4.3%	+6.8%
2019	+7.7%	+10.5%
2020	+20.2%	+19.4%
2021	+24.7%	+26.1%
2022	+28.7%	+30.6%
2023	+32.1%	+35.0%
2024	+37.4%	+41.0%
2025	+41.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−6.7%	−5.5%
2015	−1.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.1%
2018	+8.8%	+8.9%
2019	+17.3%	+13.5%
2020	+30.0%	+20.8%
2021	+43.0%	+32.1%
2022	+44.8%	+35.4%
2023	+51.3%	+42.9%
2024	+61.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	9.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	17.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	19.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	7.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−13.3%	−6.9%
2015	−5.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.7%
2018	+1.1%	+7.5%
2019	+8.5%	+14.0%
2020	+12.5%	+16.9%
2021	+15.1%	+21.0%
2022	+32.9%	+29.7%
2023	+26.0%	+34.9%
2024	+41.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	23.5%	15.5%
2015	20.9%	14.7%
2016	20.9%	14.0%
2017	17.0%	13.4%
2018	16.7%	13.1%
2019	19.3%	12.3%
2020	16.6%	11.9%
2021	18.7%	12.8%
2022	17.6%	12.6%
2023	17.0%	12.5%
2024	16.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	6.0%	5.3%
2016	5.3%	4.9%
2017	4.8%	4.4%
2018	4.2%	3.9%
2019	4.0%	3.7%
2020	7.3%	8.1%
2021	4.4%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−4.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+54.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+74.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+81.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+88.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+90.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	—	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	—	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	20.2%	13.5%
2015	18.1%	10.9%
2016	17.6%	10.0%
2017	18.2%	10.2%
2018	17.4%	10.4%
2019	19.2%	10.8%
2020	20.2%	10.4%
2021	18.0%	10.2%
2022	15.7%	9.5%
2023	15.0%	9.5%
2024	13.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

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