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Jackson, Maine.

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What it costs per month · Jackson $2,162/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Maine $2,162 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Maine$2,162
  • United States$1,922

Living in Jackson, Waldo County, Maine

Jackson is a town of 610 people in Waldo County. Unemployment in Waldo County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Waldo County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 610 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Jackson for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.4% Waldo County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Jackson for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 very small Maine town, home to a close-knit community, in a part of the state where winters are long and cold. January is the coldest month, with highs near freezing and lows well below it, and a great deal of snow falls over the year. Summers are mild, with July the warmest month, and rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount through the seasons.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. Across Waldo County, some of the largest workplaces are Waldo County General Hospital, RSU 71 Schools and Mathews Brothers Company. Commutes are on the long side, and a good number of people work from home.

Things to do. Unity Pond, Lake Passagassawakeag and Swan Lake are all lakes or reservoirs a short drive away, good for time on the water. Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area, also a short drive away, is a protected area for watching birds. For a longer outing, Fort Knox is a fort a longer drive away.

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  • 248households
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Waldo County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Waldo County had 11,300 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 10°; warmest in July, 77° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 10° F M A M J J 77° 57° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 10°; warmest in July, 77° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 10° F M A M J J 77° 57° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 57°. About 72 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Belfast weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Waldo County

  1. Waldo County General HospitalCritical access hospital520FTE
  2. RSU 71 SchoolsSchool district368FTE
  3. Mathews Brothers CompanyWindows and window frames, vinyl, manufacturing297
  4. RSU 03/msad 03 SchoolsSchool district245FTE
  5. HannafordGrocery stores218
  6. Mowi USASeafood and seafood products manufacturing171
  7. Robbins LumberBeams, wood, made from logs or bolts145
  8. RSU 20 SchoolsSchool district139FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,113 people in all across the county; Jackson has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Waldo County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Waldo 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.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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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.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.