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Jackson is a big small town of 10,756 people in Teton County, Wyoming. It's about 63 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 195 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 79 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.5M and rent runs about $2k a month.
10,756people
$1.5MTypical home
$2,100/moRent
79° / 26°Summer / winter
79"Snow
219Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 10,756
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 3,633 people per sq mi
- 195 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 63 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.5M (≈$9,597/mo)
- Median rent $2,100/mo
- Median household income $119k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 26°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 219 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 146 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 79" of snow a year
- 28 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 65 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (164 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (515 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 33% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 53% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 17% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to JAC airport
- 195 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 229 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 56% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 6,191 ft
- 621 mi to the ocean
- 19 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- Ski area in town
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 21% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 57 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Teton County: D+35 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk