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Place dossier plate
SheetAR-JACKSONVILLE-AR · Jacksonville, AR 29,285 pop · income 15th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Jacksonville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Jacksonville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Wolverton · lowest
46,944
Wolverton · lowest
46,944 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #1
Jacksonville · this city
46,947
Jacksonville · this city
46,947 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #2
Price · near
46,947
Price · near
46,947 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #3
Outlook · near
46,949
Outlook · near
46,949 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #4
Limon · near
46,950
Limon · near
46,950 median HH income
26.3% of the leader · rank #5
Clarksburg · highest
178,641
Clarksburg · highest
178,641 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Jacksonville on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 29,285.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Jacksonville - the verdict
Nationally, Jacksonville sits in the 15th percentile for household income and the 4th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
15th
percentile, household income
29th
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
4th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Jacksonville, AR
Arkansas's Jacksonville is a small city, with 29,285 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $46,947 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 13.7%. Home values in Jacksonville run a median of $155,300, and the median resident age is 32.5 years. 23.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 128 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Slowing), down 10% from five years earlier. Jacksonville's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 4910.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: the state registers 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $944 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arkansas run around $210, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Jacksonville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Jacksonville, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Jacksonville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -22 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 128 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Which cities make useful reference points for Jacksonville?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Texarkana (29,343 residents, $47,930 income); Russellville (29,057 residents, $48,708 income); Paragould (29,940 residents, $56,181 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harrison, NY (29,279 residents); Kirkwood, MO (29,302 residents); Clarksburg, MD (29,246 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Jacksonville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Jacksonville?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Jacksonville?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 8 public schools within the city match. 23.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
13.7%
Bachelor's degree+
23.5%
Matched public schools
8
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Jacksonville?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 4910.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 115% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
4910.6
Violent rate
949.7
Property rate
3960.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$46,947
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
950 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Jacksonville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.5%
Poverty rate: 25/100 (F) · 13.7%
Household income: 16/100 (F) · $46,947
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 950 /100k
Where Jacksonville sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Jacksonville's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Jacksonville highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Jacksonville, AR (this city): home $155,300, crime 4,911/100k
Kirkwood, MO : home $421,500, crime 1,609/100k
Fountain, CO : home $374,600, crime 2,375/100k
Englewood, NJ : home $497,500, crime 1,309/100k
Texarkana, AR : home $162,700, crime 4,398/100k
Russellville, AR : home $166,500, crime 1,734/100k
Paragould, AR : home $175,400, crime 3,813/100k
Bella Vista, AR : home $262,400, crime 691/100k
Cabot, AR : home $197,000, crime 1,668/100k
Sherwood, AR : home $190,900, crime 2,571/100k
How does Jacksonville compare to other US cities?
Here's how Jacksonville stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income15% higher than other cities
Home value29% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
Safety4% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Arkansas, Jacksonville ranks #152 of 160 Arkansas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Jacksonville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Jacksonville near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Jacksonville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Jacksonville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#258 of 495
48th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#125 of 482
74th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#247 of 524
52nd percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#91 of 524
83rd percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
15th percentile nationally for median household income · 4th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Jacksonville's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Jacksonville's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Jacksonville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$155,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 71% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Jacksonville's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,163 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,295 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.3×, Jacksonville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,163 of 15,516 and #1,295 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$46,947Jacksonville, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Jacksonville, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Jacksonville, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
29,285
Median Income
$46,947
Median Home Value
$155,300
Median Age
32.5
Poverty Rate
13.7%
Labor force participation
52.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
4910.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
949.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3960.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
8
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Jacksonville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
29,482 residents
2021
29,202 residents
2022
29,137 residents
2023
29,070 residents
2024
29,243 residents
2025
29,460 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
128
housing units authorized
Single-Family
108
detached homes
Multifamily
20
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
142
62
80
$13.3M
2020
50
50
0
$10.1M
2021
42
42
0
$7.6M
2022
68
66
2
$12.2M
2023
103
85
18
$17.7M
2024
128
108
20
$20.4M
Permit volume decreased 10% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.2%
Carpool
14.0%
Public Transit
0.1%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
8.0%
Other
1.6%
Based on 13,122 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Jacksonville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Jacksonville is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Jacksonville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Jacksonville compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.