Jackson, Alabama.
Typical home $142,233 (+2.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$307 (+70%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,784 +3%
- $138,449$142,233 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $9,485 -6%
- $151,718$142,233 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Jackson$747
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Jackson, AL rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama
Jackson is a city of 4,748 people in Clarke County. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Clarke County was 6.0% in August 2026, and the county had 5.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Jackson is a small city in Clarke County, Alabama, with a population that skews a little older than the typical American community. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values sit at a modest level. Incomes across Clarke County are below the county's neighbors' and the national picture, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in most of the country. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls generously through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades and in manufacturing. Across Clarke County, the largest workplaces include Packaging Corporation of America, Clarke County Schools and Walmart. Jobs across the county have slipped over the past year, and unemployment is a little higher than it was a year earlier. Commutes are short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The Alabama River and the Tombigbee River, both a longer drive away, offer riverside scenery and time on the water. Fort Carney, a short drive away, is one of the old frontier forts of the area and a quick outing for anyone curious about local history. Bladon Springs State Park, a longer drive away, is a protected area for walking and spending a day outdoors.
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- 1,671households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clarke County had 7,704 jobs in 2025, 5.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jackson weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Clarke County
- Packaging Corporation of America460
- Clarke County SchoolsSchool district270FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters243
- Scotch Plywood Company Fulton DivisionSoftwood veneer or plywood manufacturing240
- Scotch Gulf Lumber LLC subsidiary of Canfor Southern PineSawmills212
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters199
- Louisiana-Pacific Clarke CountyOsb manufacturing191
- Westervelt Lumber-ThomasvilleDimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts184
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 27 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,813 people in all across the county; Jackson has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Jackson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Clarke County.
Jackson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Jackson$142,233
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Jackson listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Jackson15.25%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jackson40
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jackson7
Zip codes with a Jackson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jackson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.