Delta vs Jackson

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

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

Jackson has the higher population (15,532 vs 488 in Delta). Jackson has the higher median household income ($80,435 vs $45,000 in Delta). Jackson has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $121,900 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Jackson
Population	488	15,532
Median age	39.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$80,435
Median home value	$121,900	$227,600
Median gross rent	$681	$955
Housing units	191	6,267
Homeownership rate	77.7%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Jackson
Population	352 → 488 (+38.6%)	14,872 → 15,532 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $45,000 (+36.7%)	$64,497 → $80,435 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $121,900 (+55.1%)	$164,800 → $227,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $681 (+27.1%)	$880 → $955 (+8.5%)

Delta

Population

352488

Median household income

$32,917$45,000

Median home value

$78,600$121,900

Median gross rent

$536$681

Jackson

Population

14,87215,532

Median household income

$64,497$80,435

Median home value

$164,800$227,600

Median gross rent

$880$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Jackson
Under 5	10.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	24.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	21.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.7%
75 and over	4.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Jackson
No high school diploma	19.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	46.9%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Jackson
Drove alone	48.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	46.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Jackson
1-unit, detached	78.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Jackson
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.7%
Average household size	3.30	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1968	1991