Jackson County, MO

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2023 Population

717,021

0.209% 1-year growth

About

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N/A of the households in Jackson County, MO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Jackson County, MO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Jackson County, MO was 2 cars per household.

Jackson County, MO borders Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, and Ray County, MO.

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Economy

The economy of Jackson County, MO employs N/A people. The largest industries in Jackson County, MO are N/A, and the highest paying industries are N/A.

Employment

Occupations

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in N/A (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Jackson County, MO, are N/A. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Jackson County, MO, though some of these residents may live in Jackson County, MO and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($73,553), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($67,066), and Public Administration ($65,569).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($52,510), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($51,038), and Public Administration ($51,021).

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

1,694
Health Care and Social Assistance
1,442
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
1,042
Other Services (except Public Administration)

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$3.46M
Health Care and Social Assistance
$3.44M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$2.69M
Finance and Insurance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Jackson County, MO have an average commute time of 23.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Jackson County, MO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Rent vs Own

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Homeownership

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62.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Jackson County, MO compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Jackson County, MO colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

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Median Household Income

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303k

Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Jackson County, MO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Jackson County, MO is from Jackson County, MO.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Jackson County, MO across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (74.8%)
Worked At Home (14.4%)
Carpooled (6.63%)

In 2023, 74.8% of workers in Jackson County, MO drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (14.4%) and those who carpooled to work (6.63%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

23.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Jackson County, MO have a shorter commute time (23.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Jackson County, MO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Jackson County, MO compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Jackson County, MO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Jackson County, MO have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

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The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Jackson County, MO is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2023, 17.3% of the children was living in poverty in Jackson County, MO. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 10%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

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Health

N/A% of the population of Jackson County, MO has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Jackson County, MO changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.