Jackson County Income Charts

This section shows the Jackson County Mississippi economy using the most recent economic analysis from the 2022 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker, Jackson County depicts it has a Median earnings of $44,781 which is in the center range of other counties in the metropolitan area. The county with the highest median earnings per worker in the area is George County which depicts a median earnings of $49,855 (11.3% larger). Comparing median earnings per worker to the United States average of $53,269, Jackson County is about 19.0% smaller. Also, compared with the state of Mississippi, median earnings per worker of $41,963, Jackson County is 6.7% larger.

In Figure 2 a more complete view of income is shown which aggregates income from all members in the household and it has a Median household income of $55,107 which is the second most of all the counties in the metro area. The county with the highest median household income in the area is Hancock County which shows a median income of $58,196 (only about 5.6% larger). Comparing median household income to the United States average of $69,021, Jackson County is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, compared to the state of Mississippi, median household income of $49,111, Jackson County is 12.2% larger. Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 4 shows that it has a Avg Hrly Earnings of $21.58 which is in the mid point range of other counties in the surrounding region. The county with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is George County which shows an average hourly earnings of $23.73 (10.0% larger). Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $26.40, Jackson County is about 22.3% smaller. Also, benchmarked against the state of Mississippi, average hourly earnings of $20.43, Jackson County is only about 5.6% larger.

Figure 5 examines the number of self employed people in the Jackson County metro area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. Jackson County shows it has a Self Employed of 7.5% which is the second smallest as measured by percentage of people self employed of all the other counties in the local area. The county with the highest percentage of people self employed in the area is Stone County which depicts a percentage self employed of 14.2% (about twice as large).

Figure 6 breaks down the source of income and Jackson County has the smallest proportion of social security at 0.9% of the total.

The next chart (Figure 7) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has a With Retirement Income of 27.1% which is the second most households with retirement income of all the counties in the greater Jackson County region. The county with the highest households with retirement income in the area is Hancock County which shows a households with retirement income of 29.4% (8.2% larger).

The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 8. Jackson County shows full time employees approximately 4.3 times bigger as the part time employees.

Similar to the last chart is Figure 9 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories such as manufacturing, retail sales, residential real estate, commercial real estate, health care, exports/imports, and advanced industries, etc. Jackson County shows it has the hightest entrepreneurs of 17% for the self employed in professional, scientific, management, administrative services grouping.

Figure 10 shows the cost of living and other consumer spending categories for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jackson County indicates it has the hightest cost of 101.0 for the cost of grocery items category.

Jackson County Poverty Charts

In Figure 11 the percentage of people earning less than the poverty level is shown and compared across the group of places. Jackson County shows it has a Percent of Population In Poverty of 15.2% which is the smallest as measured by percent of people earning less than the poverty level of all the other counties in the greater region. The county with the highest percent of people earning less than the poverty level in the area is George County which depicts a percent of people in poverty of 21.1% (38.9% larger). Additionally, Figure 12 looks at the percentage of people who receive some form of public assistance including general assistance, temporary assistance or food stamps (i.e. SNAP.) Jackson County shows it has a Public Assistance Percent of 10.1% which is the smallest when ranked by households with public assistance of all the other counties in the local area. The county with the highest households with public assistance in the area is Stone County which depicts a households with public assistance of 18.8% (about twice as large).

Jackson County Labor Force Charts

The table in Figure 13, shows Jackson County employment data in terms of job categories and salary data.

The next two charts look at monthly trended employment related performance using data estimated by economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall national economy measure for the United States. Note that in March to April 2022, the Covid 19 recession occurred and affects this metric. The monthly unemployment rate depicts that from February 2017 to before the disasterous Covid-19 virus Pandemic it went from 6.4% to 5.8% in December 2019. This represents a decrease in the monthly unemployment rate of 9.4%. Since that time, the monthly unemployment rate has gone to 5.8%. This represents an increase in the monthly unemployment rate of very little.

Jackson County Jobs Charts

In the jobs section of economic activity charts in Figure 15 shows the average annual earnings for very high level job industry categories for full time and year round employed.

Figure 16 shows the average median earnings for different categories of jobs.

Jackson County Work Commute Charts

The following set of charts detail a variety of metrics that have economic impact, economic grow factors and economic development metrics in the Jackson County community and has an impact on other factors such as economic growth, population growth, economic recovery, job growth, etc.. Figure 17 shows a high level view of how the population commutes to work (including the percent of people who work from home.) Jackson County has the smallest proportion of people who take public transportation to work at 0% of the total. Figure 18 shows a more detailed view of how the population commutes to work for (for example to downtown Jackson County or elsewhere.) Jackson County has the largest proportion of people who drove alone at 86% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who take a Subway or elevated rail at 0% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has the largest proportion of people who take the ferry at 0% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the smallest proportion of people who walked at 0% of the total.

Figure 19 is provided for comparison purposes to the previous chart. It shows how people get to work overall on average in the United States.

The average commute time is shown in Figure 21. Jackson County depicts it has a Avg Commute Time of 26 which is less than most other counties in the local area.