Jackson County vs Okeechobee County

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

Jackson County and Okeechobee 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 40,249 in Okeechobee County). Okeechobee County has the higher median household income ($52,288 vs $47,327 in Jackson County). Okeechobee County has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $113,900 in Jackson County).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
Population	47,652	40,249
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,327	$52,288
Median home value	$113,900	$179,000
Median gross rent	$846	$974
Housing units	20,061	18,532
Homeownership rate	74.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
Population	47,945 → 47,652 (-0.6%)	41,144 → 40,249 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$39,872 → $47,327 (+18.7%)	$41,760 → $52,288 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $113,900 (+15.1%)	$106,000 → $179,000 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $846 (+29.0%)	$772 → $974 (+26.2%)

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

Okeechobee County

Population

41,14440,249

Median household income

$41,760$52,288

Median home value

$106,000$179,000

Median gross rent

$772$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	9.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	62.7%
Black or African American	25.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
No high school diploma	16.8%	20.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
Drove alone	84.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
1-unit, detached	66.0%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Jackson County	Okeechobee County
Poverty rate	18.8%	19.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1982	1988