Jackson County, North Carolina is in North Carolina, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and job proximity, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and diabetes, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both heart disease and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($38,015)
• public-school spending per student ($9,349)
• average weekly wage ($679.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($183.63)
• high-school graduation rate (84.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (81.41%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (78.33%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (73.40%)
• homeownership rate (67.6%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (56.69%)
• labor-force participation (54.51%)
• pre-school enrollment (51.88%)
• racial integration (47.00%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (42.00%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (38.56%)
• households with internet access (33.94%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (31.96%)
• adult obesity (31.60%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.00%)
• poverty rate (21.97%)
• heart disease among older adults (19.90%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (19.23%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (18.59%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (17.88%)
• population without health insurance (15.57%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.46%)
• new-business growth rate (10.66%)
• adult diabetes (10.5%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (8.38%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (7.46%)
• newborns with low birth weight (7.08%)
• cancer among older adults (6.46%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (5.4%)
• households with no vehicle (5.22%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.26%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (2.65%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.31%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (1.95%)
• overcrowded households (1.69%)
• change in median household value (+1.54%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.81%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.57%)
• vacant houses (0.45%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-90.19)
• food environment index (6.8)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (3,334)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (10.8)
• natural amenities index (2.62)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (38.0)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.72)
• walkability index (5.68)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (27.76)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (15.08)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (4.20)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.06)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (44.78)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.200)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,786)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,553)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.47)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (1.80)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.16)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (0.80)
• very-hot days per year (0)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (328.58)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.14)
• first responders per 1,000 population (1.170)
• population (42,973)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (95.17)

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