Metro area air quality · 2025
Jackson, TN
Median AQI 36 (Good). 74.3% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 36
- Median AQI
- 74.3%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 55%
- Cleaner than US metros
Jackson, TN posted a 2025 median AQI of 36 (Good) with 74.3% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Jackson, TN CBSA recorded a median AQI of 36 across 354 monitored days in 2025, with 74.3% rated Good and 0 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Jackson, TN CBSA's 74.3% Good-day share places it cleaner than 55% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (82.2% Good, median AQI 36) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Jackson, TN.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Jackson, TN's Good-day share moved -11.8 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +3).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 36
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 354 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Jackson, TN's median AQI 36 is in the lower (cleaner) CBSA tercile on this site. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than the median US metro, with a median AQI of 36 and 74.3% of 354 monitored days in the Good band.
- 36
- median AQI · Good
- 74.3%
- days rated Good
- 55%
- cleaner than US metros
- 96
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Jackson, TN metro's Good-day share fell from 81.0% to 74.3% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -6.7 percentage points.
- Jackson, TN metro's median AQI rose from 33 to 36 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +3 points.
Jackson, TN's median AQI 36 is in the lower (cleaner) CBSA tercile on this site. Signature read: median AQI 36 (low tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 36 over 354 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 263 Good (74%), 91 Moderate (26%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 56; the highest single-day reading hit 96 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -11.8 points and median AQI moved +3 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (82.2% good, AQI 36); Barnstable Town, MA (93.7% good, AQI 36); Bemidji, MN (79.1% good, AQI 36).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
36
Good
Good Days
74.3%
263 of 354 days
Max AQI
96
Moderate
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 56
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 354 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
263
74%
Moderate
91
26%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Jackson, TN metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 74.3% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.
Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.
How does the Jackson, TN metro compare?
How Jackson, TN compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Jackson, TN metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (86.1%, 304 of 353 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 304 | 49 | 0 | 33 | 108 |
| 2021 | 249 | 106 | 0 | 38 | 106 |
| 2022 | 245 | 113 | 0 | 41 | 102 |
| 2023 | 237 | 120 | 0 | 43 | 87 |
| 2024 | 289 | 68 | 0 | 33 | 90 |
| 2025 | 263 | 91 | 0 | 36 | 96 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Jackson, TN (36).
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Median AQI 36 · 82.2% Good-day share
Barnstable Town, MA
Median AQI 36 · 93.7% Good-day share
Bemidji, MN
Median AQI 36 · 79.1% Good-day share
Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT
Median AQI 36 · 83.6% Good-day share
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
Median AQI 36 · 93.9% Good-day share
East Stroudsburg, PA
Median AQI 36 · 88.3% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Jackson, TN's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
Aberdeen, WA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22
Adrian, MI
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Akron, OH
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Albany, GA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
Albany, OR
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Jackson, TN, 2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary, Jackson, TN · 2020–2025