The population of Jackson county is estimated at 42,268. In 2017 there were 403 births and 372 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 5,458 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,164 that are owned free and clear and 5,824 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 15,940 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all North Carolina filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $105,981,000 on earned income of $766,611,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $532,000 and 2,580 charitable contributions valued at $14,955,000. 2,790 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $6,008,000 in property taxes and 2,260 filings paid $19,008,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 100 religious congregations with an estimated 18,563 members.
30.5% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,448 votes.
At $46,113 the median income is 87.3% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 919 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,553	Accommodation and food services
1,900	Health care and social assistance
1,519	Retail trade
481	Ambulatory health care services
406	Food and beverage stores
378	Professional, scientific, and technical services
360	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
350	Administrative and support services
258	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
238	Other amusement and recreation industries
214	Golf courses and country clubs
208	Finance and insurance
205	Other services (except public administration)
199	Services to buildings and dwellings
198	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.95% in Jackson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 28779 and 28723).

In 2018 6.39% of listings in Jackson County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 28717, 28774, 28779, 28723 and 28789) dropped their price.

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