County / FIPS 55053
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Jackson County runs 10 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
10
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
0
Land area
988
Jackson County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
20,981
Median household income
$68,110
Poverty rate
12.4%
Unemployment rate
4.7%
Median home value
$196,100
Median gross rent
$787
Bachelor's degree or higher
15.9%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Jackson County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$155.5M
Per resident
$7,352
Change since FY2021
+22%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $128M |
| 2022 | $135M |
| 2023 | $131M |
| 2024 | $140M |
| 2025 | $155M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Jackson County ranks 1891st of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Jackson County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Black River Memorial Hospital | Black River Falls | Not rated |
Public schools in Jackson County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Falls High | Black River Falls School District | Black River Falls | 479 |
| Black River Falls Middle | Black River Falls School District | Black River Falls | 348 |
| Forrest Street Elementary School | Black River Falls School District | Black River Falls | 284 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Alma Center School District | Merrillan | 330 |
| Lincoln Jr/Sr High School | Alma Center School District | Alma Center | 257 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Elementary | Melrose-Mindoro School District | Melrose | 427 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High | Melrose-Mindoro School District | Melrose | 330 |
| Red Creek Elementary | Black River Falls School District | Black River Falls | 461 |
| Jackson Correctional Institution | Wisconsin Department of Corrections | Black River Falls | — |
| Black River Correctional Center | Wisconsin Department of Corrections | Black River Falls | — |