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Hazard risk in Jackson is lower than in 90% of Canadian towns

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of London

For earthquakes Jackson is middling, $0.020 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1.8% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. No one has filed a flood map for Jackson on the national inventory.

Trips to work from Jackson are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

More households own their home in Jackson than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 87%

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Owners put the median home at $650,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the London metro area, Jackson included.

Around Jackson, 52% of adults call their health very good or excellent

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, above both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.9 years at birth, 84.2 for women and 79.6 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Jackson live 4.4 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Jackson shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

Jackson is graded a C+ for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the London service area

Property crime in its police area ran at 36.4 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2). Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 70 over 2023–25, above Ontario’s towns (56) and close to Canadian towns (67).

Jackson gets fewer frosts than three in four Canadian towns

Snow peaks in January: 43 cm in a normal year. The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at −9.1°C, near Ontario’s towns (−9.1°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Gardeners get 165 frost-free days, from 3 May to 16 October. Rain and snow peak in September, at 93 mm.

Visible minorities make up more of Jackson than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 43%

1.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

Jackson in November: highs near 8°C, lows near freezing

December follows at 1°C by day and −5°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 13 cm. In November, the normal is 88 mm of rain and snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −9°C.

One councillor per 32,990 residents: London is more thinly represented than 98% of Ontario municipalities

City council runs Jackson; in October 2022, London chose Josh Morgan as mayor.

At 5.5 loans per person served, London public library lends more than three in four Ontario’s town libraries

Jackson is served by London public library, the library of all of London, so the figures here are the city’s, for 439,385 people.

Jackson’s schools belong to 4 boards that cover the same streets

Of the 25, 2 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). On results, 15 of its 22 tested schools sit in the lower two fifths in Ontario. Results have climbed at 13 of 22 schools over three years.

Meadowlily Woods Esa begins at the edge of Jackson

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The closest provincial park is Komoka Provincial Park, 16 km from the edge of town. Protected areas cover 1.6% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.