Jackson, Minnesota.
Typical home $209,191 (-1.0% in a year), asking rent $1,262 .
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$572 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,191 -1%
- $211,382$209,191 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,045 +25%
- $167,146$209,191 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$1,098
- Minnesota$1,831
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Jackson, MN fell 1.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota
Jackson is a city of 3,323 people in Jackson County. Half its households earn more than $70,223 a year and half less, against $75,743 across Jackson County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Jackson County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 3.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 southwestern Minnesota, and its residents are somewhat older than the typical American. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes in town run below the county's. Winters are long and cold, with a good deal of snow, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops and in government. Among the largest workplaces in Jackson are AGCO - Jackson, which makes farm sprayers, and the Jackson County Central School District. Commutes are short, and unemployment in the county has risen a little over the past year.
Things to do. Kilen Woods State Park, a protected area, and Lake Independence are each a short drive away, so a walk in the woods or a day by the water needs little planning. For a longer outing, Spirit Lake and West Okoboji Lake are both lakes a longer drive away.
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- 1,572households
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 16 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 4,837 jobs in 2025, 3.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 5°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 60°. About 48 inches of snow and 30 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lakefield 2NE weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jackson
- AGCO - JacksonSprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing805
- Jackson County Central School DistSchool district174FTE
- C & B ManufacturingMachine shops120
- Jackson CountyCounty commissioners115
- Ametek, IncElectromedical & electrotherapeutic apparatus manufacturing114
- Pioneer Hi-Bred InternationalSorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables71
- New Fashion PorkCorporate offices66
- City of JacksonGeneral public administration65
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,584 people in all. 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
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
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 moderate. 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 Jackson 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$209,191
- Minnesota$348,778
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 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.
- Jackson20.37%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jackson38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
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.