Jacksonville, Oregon.
Typical home $596,078 (+2.4% in a year), asking rent $2,092 . Medford, OR metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,492 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,821 +2%
- $582,257$596,078 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $30,341 +5%
- $565,737$596,078 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.
- Jacksonville$3,129
- Oregon$2,586
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 66 years.
Typical home values in Jacksonville, OR rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon
Jacksonville is a city of 3,020 people in Jackson County. Unemployment in Jackson County was 5.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jackson County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Jacksonville is a small city in Jackson County, Oregon, and it is quiet and walkable in feel. Homes here cost a good deal more than the typical home across the country, and rents are high too. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and commutes are short. Winters are cold, with highs well above freezing in December but nights that dip close to it and only a little snow. Summers are hot and dry-leaning in the sense that the yearly rain and snowmelt total is modest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services. Some of the biggest employers across Jackson County are Medford Schools, Providence Medford Medical Center and the Veterans Health Administration. Many people get to work in a short drive, and a fair number work from home. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added a small number of jobs.
Things to do. In or beside town, the Beekman Native Plant Arboretum is a botanical garden and the Claire Hanley Arboretum is a protected area, both good for an easy walk. A short drive away are Pear Blossom Park, a park, and Fort Lane, a historic fort site. For a longer outing, the Pacific Crest Trail and Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve are a longer drive away.
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- 1,466households
- 45%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in Jackson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 91,966 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 59°. About 3 inches of snow and 18 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Medford Rogue Vly Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jackson County
- Medford SD 549CSchool district1,538FTE
- Flowers.com,IncMail-order houses1,459
- City Of MedfordGeneral services departments, government863
- Providence Medford Medical CenterGeneral hospital842FTE
- Lithia MotorsNew car dealers840
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs770
- Rogue Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital755FTE
- Amy's KitchenSoups, frozen, manufacturing700
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 210 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 21,275 people in all across the county; Jacksonville has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- WildfireRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Jacksonville’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 and the Medford, OR metro.
Jacksonville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Jacksonville$596,078
- Oregon$492,753
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Jacksonville 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.
- Jacksonville25.82%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jacksonville79
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jacksonville17
Zip codes with a Jacksonville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jacksonville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.