Jackson, California.
Typical home $430,627 (-0.8% in a year), asking rent $1,950 .
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$973 (+76%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,275 -1%
- $433,902$430,627 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $4,249 +1%
- $426,378$430,627 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$2,260
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Jackson, CA fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Jackson, Amador County, California
Jackson is a city of 5,019 people in Amador County. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Amador County was 5.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 the Sierra Nevada foothills and the seat of Amador County. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and a typical home is worth less than many people expect for California. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country as a whole, and the poverty rate sits close to the national picture. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers turn hot, especially in July. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and government. Among the largest workplaces in Jackson are Amador County Unified, Sutter Amador Hospital and Raleys. The job market across Amador County has softened a little, with unemployment higher than it was a year earlier and fewer jobs than the year before. Most people commute a moderate distance, and very few work from home.
Things to do. Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, an archaeological site, is a short drive away, as is Lake Amador, a lake good for a quiet afternoon. Mount Zion State Forest, a protected area, is also close by. For a longer outing, California Caverns is a tourist attraction a longer drive away.
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- 2,385households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Amador County had 12,197 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 39°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 63°. About 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sutter Hill Cdf weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jackson
- Amador County UnifiedSchool district463FTE
- Sutter Amador HospitalGeneral hospital307FTE
- RaleysSupermarkets and other grocery retailers62
- Amador County Office of Education SchoolsSchool district56FTE
- Sutter Valley Medical FoundationHealthcare34
- Sutter Outpatient ServicesHealthcare22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 788 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- WildfireVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Droughtrelatively high in parts of JacksonRelatively 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 Amador 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$430,627
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 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.
- Jackson23.66%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jackson51
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jackson9
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.