Jackson, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson, Mississippi, shaded from 240 ft on the south side to 480 ft on the west side
Elevation
480 ft 145 m420 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m270 ft 80 m240 ft 75 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jackson sits at about 320 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 100 m
most residents: 290–360 ft
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the south side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the west side
Average
320 ft 100 m
all land inside city limits

Jackson spans about 240 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
320 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
240 ft75 m
Town center
USGS map point for Jackson
280 ft85 m
Airport (JAN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
346 ft105 m
Average of all land320 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson, Mississippi, shaded from 240 ft on the south side to 480 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties, Mississippi, United States
Population
141,449 2024 est.
Land area
111.7 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
1,266 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.2988° N, 90.1848° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Pearl River → Gulf of America
Airport
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN) 346 ft
ZIP codes 16
39174 39201 39202 39203 39204 39206 39208 39209 39210 39211 39212 39213 39216 39217 39269 39272
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brandon380 ft
  2. Cleary370 ft
  3. Ridgeland340 ft
  4. Madison340 ft
  5. Flowood330 ft
  6. Jackson320 ft
  7. Clinton320 ft
  8. Pearl320 ft
  9. Florence310 ft
  10. Byram310 ft
  11. Richland290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Ware Hill520 ft
  • Red Hill, Rankin County460 ft
  • Bailey Hill370 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 240 ft at 32.2324° N, 90.2110° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.