93,825 people (2024 Census estimate, +22.3% since 2020)
340 square miles of land · 276 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Jackson County in the area they serve, reporting 88,298 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| JACKSON COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · GA1570117 | 33,601 served |
| BRASELTON buys surface water · local government · GA1570000 | 20,469 served |
| JEFFERSON surface water · local government · GA1570003 | 12,690 served |
| COMMERCE surface water · local government · GA1570001 | 11,340 served |
| HOSCHTON WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · GA1570002 | 6,620 served |
| NICHOLSON WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · GA1570004 | 3,218 served |
| TROTTER`S RIDGE SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · GA1570120 | 195 served |
| CROOKED CREEK S/D groundwater · private · GA1570011 | 62 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 171 people were held in Jackson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 156.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Jackson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $176.4 million — $137.3 million to run schools, about $13,848 per student, plus $34 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $83.5 million local (mostly property tax), $79.5 million state, $16.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $77.5 million.
Spent $58.2 million — $47.5 million to run schools, about $11,395 per student, plus $8.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.5 million local (mostly property tax), $26.3 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.5 million.
Spent $27.1 million — $24.8 million to run schools, about $13,892 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.3 million local (mostly property tax), $15.6 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Jackson County about $19 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
121 bridges in Jackson County: 82 in good condition, 36 fair, and 3 poor (2.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| O. PENDERGRASS RD over MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER · built 1960 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| NEW CUT ROAD over WALNUT CREEK · built 1973 | 3,020 vehicles a day |
| SMITH OVERHEAD RD. over NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR · built 1986 | 430 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.6 million of work in Jackson County in fiscal 2025, about $127 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Georgia are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Jackson County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Jackson County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Barrow County (13 mi) · Banks County (16 mi) · Clarke County (17 mi) · Hall County (19 mi) · Madison County (20 mi) · Oconee County (22 mi).