Jackson, MS Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Jackson produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 631
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $145,900
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $89
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $72,500 and $249,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 631 closed sales in Jackson over the last six months, with a median closing price of $145,900. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $72,500 and $249,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 93% of the Jackson closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 629 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $52 and $122 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Jackson, MS (October 2026)

The median home price in Jackson is $145,900, measured across the 631 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $72,500 and $249,000.

Where Jackson sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Jackson over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $72,500 and $249,000. Among the 15 Mississippi markets with a published band, Jackson's middle-half spread ($72,500 to $249,000) ranks 15th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 25 days, across 522 Jackson closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 36 days, across 522 Jackson closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Jackson angle

Across 631 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $145,900, and the middle half of sales closed between $72,500 and $249,000. Ordinary sales cover an enormous range here, so the entire burden of a valuation falls on the comp set. Match on size and location as tightly as the data allows, verify each comp individually rather than in bulk, and never present the citywide median as support for a specific number.

Jackson market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Jackson ZIP codes: 39211 · 39212.

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Mississippi: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Mississippi homes, and most Mississippi estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Mississippi one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Jackson address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Jackson, MS
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2836000
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 631
Median sold price: $145,900
Median sold $/sqft: $89 (629 qualifying)
Property mix: 93% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Jackson over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.