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About Jackson
City in Tennessee, United StatesJackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located 70 miles (110 km) east of Memphis and 130 miles (210 km) southwest of Nashville, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population was 68,205 as of the 2020 United States census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, Madison County's largest city, and the second-largest city in West Tennessee after Memphis. It is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for West Tennessee, as Jackson was the major city in the west when the court was established in 1834. In the antebellum era, Jackson was the market city for an agricultural area base…
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Housing in Jackson
The typical Jackson home is worth about $225,000, down 1.5% in a year, 33% below the Tennessee typical home.
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Safety in Jackson
Safety Grade D-
Jackson reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 96% report less.
Health in Jackson
Health Grade D
Healthier than 6% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Tennessee
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
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Schools in Jackson
All Jackson schools →School Grade D
The public schools Jackson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 93% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TN. Ratings are from neighbors.
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