Gadsden County vs Jackson County

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

Gadsden County and Jackson County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jackson County has the higher population (47,652 vs 43,642 in Gadsden County). Jackson County has the higher median household income ($47,327 vs $46,047 in Gadsden County). Gadsden County has the higher median home value ($154,700 vs $113,900 in Jackson County).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
Population	43,642	47,652
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,047	$47,327
Median home value	$154,700	$113,900
Median gross rent	$792	$846
Housing units	19,100	20,061
Homeownership rate	72.9%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
Population	45,945 → 43,642 (-5.0%)	47,945 → 47,652 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$41,401 → $46,047 (+11.2%)	$39,872 → $47,327 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $154,700 (+59.8%)	$99,000 → $113,900 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $792 (+16.8%)	$656 → $846 (+29.0%)

Gadsden County

Population

45,94543,642

Median household income

$41,401$46,047

Median home value

$96,800$154,700

Median gross rent

$678$792

Jackson County

Population

47,94547,652

Median household income

$39,872$47,327

Median home value

$99,000$113,900

Median gross rent

$656$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	64.5%
Black or African American	54.6%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	18.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	35.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
Drove alone	81.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	64.3%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	27.7%	18.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1983	1982