Jackson vs Terry

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

Jackson and Terry 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 1,809 in Terry). Terry has the higher median household income ($48,354 vs $43,238 in Jackson). Terry has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $108,200 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson	Terry
Population	149,827	1,809
Median age	34.7 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,238	$48,354
Median home value	$108,200	$155,800
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,125
Housing units	75,103	644
Homeownership rate	48.6%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson	Terry
Population	166,383 → 149,827 (-10.0%)	1,286 → 1,809 (+40.7%)
Median household income	$38,888 → $43,238 (+11.2%)	$53,295 → $48,354 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $108,200 (+19.3%)	$151,800 → $155,800 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,018 (+20.2%)	$809 → $1,125 (+39.1%)

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

Terry

Population

1,2861,809

Median household income

$53,295$48,354

Median home value

$151,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$809$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jackson	Terry
Under 5	6.5%	10.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	31.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.7%
75 and over	5.4%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson	Terry
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	17.3%
Black or African American	81.5%	81.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson	Terry
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.3%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson	Terry
Drove alone	75.1%	93.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson	Terry
1-unit, detached	65.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Jackson	Terry
Poverty rate	26.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.31	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1969	1996