Jackson Center vs Port Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Jackson Center and Port Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

Jackson Center and Port Jefferson are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jackson Center has the higher population (1,369 vs 361 in Port Jefferson). Jackson Center has the higher median household income ($59,728 vs $50,714 in Port Jefferson). Jackson Center has the higher median home value ($138,200 vs $109,400 in Port Jefferson).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
Population	1,369	361
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,728	$50,714
Median home value	$138,200	$109,400
Median gross rent	$693	$850
Housing units	589	214
Homeownership rate	55.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
Population	1,484 → 1,369 (-7.7%)	419 → 361 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$60,781 → $59,728 (-1.7%)	$32,222 → $50,714 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $138,200 (+40.6%)	$61,500 → $109,400 (+77.9%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $693 (+14.9%)	$690 → $850 (+23.2%)

Jackson Center

Population

1,4841,369

Median household income

$60,781$59,728

Median home value

$98,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$603$693

Port Jefferson

Population

419361

Median household income

$32,222$50,714

Median home value

$61,500$109,400

Median gross rent

$690$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
Under 5	6.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	23.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.4%
75 and over	7.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
No high school diploma	8.4%	19.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
Drove alone	87.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
1-unit, detached	69.1%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Jackson Center	Port Jefferson
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1977	1954