Beech Bluff vs Jackson

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

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

Jackson has the higher population (68,098 vs 511 in Beech Bluff). Beech Bluff has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $51,552 in Jackson). Jackson has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $139,600 in Beech Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
Population	511	68,098
Median age	62.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$51,552
Median home value	$139,600	$195,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,094
Housing units	184	30,259
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
Population	307 → 511 (+66.4%)	66,870 → 68,098 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $92,708 (+8.4%)	$43,621 → $51,552 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$176,700 → $139,600 (-21.0%)	$133,200 → $195,000 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$877 → $1,094 (+24.7%)

Beech Bluff

Population

307511

Median household income

$85,560$92,708

Median home value

$176,700$139,600

Jackson

Population

66,87068,098

Median household income

$43,621$51,552

Median home value

$133,200$195,000

Median gross rent

$877$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	23.1%	9.7%
75 and over	16.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	20.4%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
No high school diploma	16.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	58.0%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
Drove alone	93.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
1-unit, detached	90.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bluff	Jackson
Poverty rate	3.1%	22.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1990	1983