Jackson County

Parcel & Property Data

34,232Total Parcels

—Avg. Market Value

340,163Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 34,232 parcel records for Jackson County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.

Data from the Jackson County assessor roll dated July 2025, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

Explore Jackson County

Largest landownersWho holds the most land in Jackson County, by total acreage.
Largest parcelsThe biggest individual tracts in the county, ranked by size.
Out-of-state ownersWho owns Jackson County from somewhere else, and where they live.

Jackson County by the Numbers

Median parcel size: 0.74 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel: 40 acres
County land area: 373,485 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities: 21
29.9% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Out-of-state owners: 5.9% of parcels
by owner mailing address

Who Owns Jackson County?

Share of the county’s 34,232 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.

Owner type	Share of parcels
Individuals	72.1%
Companies & organizations	10.4%
Trusts & estates	9.6%
Government	5.8%
Other / unclassified	2.1%

The largest owner on record is SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY with 288 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~34,232 total)

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Parcel ID	Owner	Address	City	Acreage
10-01-100-002	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HARVEST LLC	—	Unincorporated	626.41
13-28-100-006	BIG MUDDY FARMS LLC	—	Unincorporated	585.00
10-10-100-003	IL DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES	—	Unincorporated	561.73
07-18-100-001	DRYHILL LLC	63 WALNUT RIDGE RD	Unincorporated	557.00
05-33-100-005	IL DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES	—	Unincorporated	556.48
05-36-100-002	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HARVEST LLC	—	Unincorporated	520.00
10-03-300-006	IL DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES	—	Unincorporated	505.01
11-10-300-001	US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE	—	Unincorporated	501.23
05-27-100-002	IL DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES	—	Unincorporated	462.86
10-09-200-005	BIGHAM FARMS PTSP	—	Unincorporated	394.55

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Jackson County?

The Jackson County assessor roll on file records 34,232 parcels across 21 communities, with 29.9% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Jackson County?

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY holds 288 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Jackson County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 0.74 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 40 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of Jackson County is owned from out of state?

5.9% of parcels list an owner mailing address outside IL, per the county’s own records.

How much of Jackson County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 5.8% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Jackson County assessor roll dated July 2025. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.