Jacksonville vs Saks

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Saks: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacksonville and Saks are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,345 vs 10,727 in Saks). Saks has the higher median household income ($50,529 vs $47,146 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $113,400 in Saks).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Saks
Population	14,345	10,727
Median age	26.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,146	$50,529
Median home value	$179,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	$794	$898
Housing units	5,829	4,932
Homeownership rate	50.7%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Saks
Population	12,651 → 14,345 (+13.4%)	10,645 → 10,727 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$41,268 → $47,146 (+14.2%)	$39,336 → $50,529 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $179,600 (+21.4%)	$98,200 → $113,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $794 (+23.3%)	$682 → $898 (+31.7%)

Jacksonville

Population

12,65114,345

Median household income

$41,268$47,146

Median home value

$147,900$179,600

Median gross rent

$644$794

Saks

Population

10,64510,727

Median household income

$39,336$50,529

Median home value

$98,200$113,400

Median gross rent

$682$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Saks
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	33.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.3%
75 and over	5.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Saks
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	53.5%
Black or African American	22.0%	35.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Saks
No high school diploma	9.9%	17.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Saks
Drove alone	86.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Saks
1-unit, detached	59.2%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Saks
Poverty rate	27.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1988	1975