Garysburg vs Jackson

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

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

Jackson has the higher population (688 vs 636 in Garysburg). Jackson has the higher median household income ($48,292 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Garysburg has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $55,200 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Jackson
Population	636	688
Median age	54.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$48,292
Median home value	$106,600	$55,200
Median gross rent	$883	$833
Housing units	512	294
Homeownership rate	64.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Jackson
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	510 → 688 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$37,125 → $48,292 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$81,200 → $55,200 (-32.0%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$632 → $833 (+31.8%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

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)

	Garysburg	Jackson
Under 5	1.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	29.7%
35 to 44	4.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	21.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	25.2%	7.6%
75 and over	7.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	46.1%
Black or African American	97.2%	51.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Jackson
No high school diploma	20.8%	17.5%
High school graduate	25.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Jackson
Drove alone	90.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	3.1%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Jackson
1-unit, detached	72.3%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Jackson
Poverty rate	16.7%	21.9%
Average household size	1.80	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1970	1974