Edwards vs Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Edwards and Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

Edwards and Jackson are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jackson has the higher population (149,827 vs 903 in Edwards). Jackson has the higher median household income ($43,238 vs $38,438 in Edwards). Jackson has the higher median home value ($108,200 vs $97,100 in Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards	Jackson
Population	903	149,827
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,438	$43,238
Median home value	$97,100	$108,200
Median gross rent	$657	$1,018
Housing units	478	75,103
Homeownership rate	70.5%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards	Jackson
Population	756 → 903 (+19.4%)	166,383 → 149,827 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$26,638 → $38,438 (+44.3%)	$38,888 → $43,238 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $97,100 (+33.6%)	$90,700 → $108,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $657 (+23.7%)	$847 → $1,018 (+20.2%)

Edwards

Population

756903

Median household income

$26,638$38,438

Median home value

$72,700$97,100

Median gross rent

$531$657

Jackson

Population

166,383149,827

Median household income

$38,888$43,238

Median home value

$90,700$108,200

Median gross rent

$847$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards	Jackson
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.4%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	14.1%
Black or African American	91.8%	81.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards	Jackson
No high school diploma	17.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	21.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards	Jackson
Drove alone	90.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards	Jackson
1-unit, detached	64.6%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwards	Jackson
Poverty rate	19.6%	26.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1978	1969