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Place dossier plate
SheetOH-JACKSONTOWN-OH · Jacksontown, OH 259 pop · income 98th 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 Jacksontown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Jacksontown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Goldsboro · lowest
39,643
Goldsboro · lowest
39,643 median HH income
19.2% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Bluff · near
205,735
Lake Bluff · near
205,735 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Jacksontown · this city
205,833
Jacksontown · this city
205,833 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Meridian Hills · near
205,982
Meridian Hills · near
205,982 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
New Seabury · near
206,000
New Seabury · near
206,000 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Sea Girt · near
206,000
Sea Girt · near
206,000 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
South Duxbury · highest
206,111
South Duxbury · highest
206,111 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Jacksontown on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 259.
Nationally, Jacksontown sits in the 98th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Jacksontown, OH
Jacksontown is a small town in Ohio, home to 259 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Jacksontown report a median income of $205,833 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Jacksontown run a median of $529,400, and the median resident age is 55.5 years. Educational attainment runs 18.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 57.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,092 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 19.9 minutes, with 92.1% driving alone and 7.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Jacksontown'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Jacksontown, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Jacksontown?
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.
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Hollansburg (260 residents, $57,292 income); Mifflin (258 residents, $54,773 income); Rudolph (260 residents, $96,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Shelby, IN (259 residents); Venice, LA (259 residents); Fairlee, MD (259 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 Jacksontown?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.9 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Jacksontown?
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 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
A-
City profile score · Jacksontown, OH
80/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Household income A+
$205,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living B+
92.8 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 F
18.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Jacksontown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $205,833
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 29/100 (F) · 18.3%
How does Jacksontown compare to other US cities?
Jacksontown measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Jacksontown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Jacksontown near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Jacksontown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Jacksontown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#11 of 1,145
99th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#21 of 1,164
98th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#1,031 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#581 of 1,196
51st percentile in Ohio
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 Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Jacksontown's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$529,40014th percentilemore affordable than 14% 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
Jacksontown's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,375 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,914 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Jacksontown sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,375 of 15,516 and #3,914 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$205,833Jacksontown, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Jacksontown, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Jacksontown, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
259
Median Income
$205,833
Median Home Value
$529,400
Median Age
55.5
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
57.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.9 minutes
Drive Alone
92.1%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.9%
Based on 114 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Jacksontown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Jacksontown is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Jacksontown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Jacksontown compares to similar-size Ohio 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, 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.