Conway vs Jackson

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

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

Conway has the higher population (730 vs 688 in Jackson). Jackson has the higher median household income ($48,292 vs $40,089 in Conway). Conway has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $55,200 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Jackson
Population	730	688
Median age	34.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$48,292
Median home value	$110,200	$55,200
Median gross rent	$504	$833
Housing units	371	294
Homeownership rate	53.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Jackson
Population	745 → 730 (-2.0%)	510 → 688 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $40,089 (-9.5%)	$37,125 → $48,292 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $110,200 (+11.2%)	$81,200 → $55,200 (-32.0%)
Median gross rent	$353 → $504 (+42.8%)	$632 → $833 (+31.8%)

Conway

Population

745730

Median household income

$44,286$40,089

Median home value

$99,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$353$504

Jackson

Population

510688

Median household income

$37,125$48,292

Median home value

$81,200$55,200

Median gross rent

$632$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Jackson
Under 5	9.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	29.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	3.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.6%
75 and over	5.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	46.1%
Black or African American	54.0%	51.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Jackson
No high school diploma	11.8%	17.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Jackson
Drove alone	71.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.7%
Other means	8.3%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Jackson
1-unit, detached	57.4%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Jackson
Poverty rate	30.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1971	1974