Jacksonville vs Phoenix

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Phoenix: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacksonville and Phoenix are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phoenix has the higher population (4,383 vs 2,991 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($114,500 vs $60,656 in Phoenix). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $367,700 in Phoenix).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
Population	2,991	4,383
Median age	55.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,500	$60,656
Median home value	$595,400	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,263
Housing units	1,586	1,916
Homeownership rate	66.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
Population	2,884 → 2,991 (+3.7%)	4,582 → 4,383 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$72,986 → $114,500 (+56.9%)	$30,444 → $60,656 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $595,400 (+39.3%)	$188,400 → $367,700 (+95.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,867 (+62.8%)	$814 → $1,263 (+55.2%)

Jacksonville

Population

2,8842,991

Median household income

$72,986$114,500

Median home value

$427,400$595,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,867

Phoenix

Population

4,5824,383

Median household income

$30,444$60,656

Median home value

$188,400$367,700

Median gross rent

$814$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
Under 5	1.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	17.9%
75 and over	22.6%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
Drove alone	73.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	13.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	65.6%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Phoenix
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1993	1990