Jack in the Box on health inspections, place by place
See how Jack in the Box restaurants did on routine health inspections in each place we cover, next to every other restaurant in that same place. Every number comes from that government’s own records.
The short answer
Under the local rate in two of three places.
- 2under the local rate
- 1too close to call
- 0over the local rate
Jack in the Box has enough routine inspections to chart in three of the 10 places we cover. Each place counts a different thing, so read each row against its own tall line and never against another row. Part of any gap is the menu: a chain that handles less raw food gives an inspector less to find.
Place by place
The tall line is the local rate for that place. The bar is the range the chain’s real rate probably falls in, and the short tick is the rate we measured. A bar to the left of the line means fewer inspections with a problem than is normal there.
Share of routine inspections that received an Unsatisfactory result, meaning a red critical violation was noted.
Share of routine inspections that recorded at least one 5-demerit violation, the district's most serious class.
Share of routine inspections that ended in a yellow or red placard, meaning two or more major violations or a closure.
Compare Jack in the Box with another chain
The other seven places we cover
Too few inspections to chart (under 100): Florida (1), Austin (97), Louisville (16).
None on file: New York City, New York State, Chicago and Raleigh and Wake County. No restaurant name in those places' records matched Jack in the Box.
What stands out
Under the local rate in two western places, too close to call in a third. In Seattle and King County, 21.0% of 181 inspections, next to a local rate of 35.6% range 15.7–27.5%. In Las Vegas and Clark County, 33.5% of 200 inspections, next to a local rate of 44.8% range 27.3–40.3%. The two counts are close in size, which is unusual on this site and makes the pair worth reading together — though only as two separate results, never as one.
The two rates look far apart and are not comparable. 21.0% in King County against 33.5% in Clark County is not a finding about where the chain does better. The counties count different things: King County marks an inspection Unsatisfactory when a red critical violation is noted, Clark County scores violations in demerits and this site counts the 5-demerit class. Each figure means something only against its own county’s rate — 35.6% and 44.8% — and against those, the two results agree.
Neither range is narrow. King County spans 15.7% to 27.5%, Clark County 27.3% to 40.3%. Both clear their local rate by enough that the position is not in doubt, but neither is precise enough to support a finer claim than “under it”.
Several places have no Jack in the Box in their records at all. The chain is absent from 4 of the 10 places this site covers, which is a fact about where it trades rather than about its inspections. The closest near-miss is Austin, with 97 inspections against the 100 it takes to draw a bar; a refresh could bring it onto this page.
Sacramento County cannot be called. 5.7% of 141 inspections, next to a local rate of 7.9% range 2.9–10.8%. The county counts routine inspections that ended in a yellow or red placard, which few do, so 8 in 141 leaves a range from 2.9% to 10.8%. That range takes in the county’s 7.9%, so these records cannot say which side of it Jack in the Box is on.
Part of the gap is the kind of kitchen. Not every kitchen gives an inspector the same amount to find. New York State’s health department sorts kitchens by how much preparation they do, and names “table-service restaurants, diners and school kitchens which prepare foods” as typical high risk, and kitchens that prepare food to order, “such as pizza, hamburgers and sandwiches,” as typical medium risk. Every local rate on this page includes those table-service restaurants. So part of any gap between a chain and the local rate is the kind of kitchen it is, before anyone’s management comes into it.
Written September 2026. The figures in it are read from the current records, so they move when the records do.
What this can’t tell you
- Who runs the better kitchen. Chains handle different food. A coffee counter deals with far less raw food than a kitchen that fries chicken, so part of any gap between a chain and the local rate is the menu. The local rate also includes full-service kitchens that do far more cooking than any chain here.
- How the brand does everywhere. These are Jack in the Box locations in three places over a few years. The records say nothing about its locations anywhere else.
- Anything about one restaurant. A figure sums up many inspections at many locations. It is not a warning about, or a recommendation of, the one near you.
- Which place is stricter or cleaner. Each place counts a different thing under different rules, so the rows cannot be set against each other.
How we counted
- Sources. Seattle and King County: Public Health - Seattle & King County; Las Vegas and Clark County: Southern Nevada Health District; Sacramento County: Sacramento County Environmental Management Department. Each place’s page says exactly which inspections are counted and why.
- The figure. In each place, the number of the chain’s counted routine inspections that recorded that place’s finding, divided by all of them. The local rate is the same sum over everything in that place’s file.
- The range. A 95% Wilson score interval. Fewer inspections means a wider range. A chain needs 100 counted inspections in a place to be charted there.
- Matching names. Restaurant names are matched to Jack in the Box with a published table of name patterns, which also lists every spelling it matched. A location recorded under two chain names is counted for neither. If a match is wrong, write to hello@fastfoodfact.com.
- No combined figure. Nothing on this page adds, averages or orders rates from two places. The only number that spans places is a count of where the chain sits against each local rate.
The full method is on the methodology page.
Informational only. These are public records, summarized; they are not a safety rating of any restaurant and not professional advice. Last reviewed: September 2026.
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You may quote any figure on this page. Please credit FastFoodFact with a link, keep the count and the range with the rate, and don’t set a figure from one place against a figure from another: each place counts a different thing.
FastFoodFact, "Jack in the Box on health inspections." Counted from routine inspection records published by: Public Health - Seattle & King County; Southern Nevada Health District; Sacramento County Environmental Management Department. Records through October 1, 2026. https://www.fastfoodfact.com/jack-in-the-box
The counts as a file: Seattle and King County CSV or JSON; Las Vegas and Clark County CSV or JSON; Sacramento County CSV or JSON. Each file covers one place and names its source.
Frequently asked questions
How does Jack in the Box do on health inspections?
It depends on the place, and each place counts something different. Jack in the Box has enough routine inspections to chart in three of the 10 places this site covers (Seattle and King County, Las Vegas and Clark County and Sacramento County). Its restaurants came in clearly under the local rate in two and too close to the local rate to call in one. The figures describe those locations over those years, not the brand everywhere and not any one restaurant.
Can the Jack in the Box figures be compared between places?
No. Seattle and King County counts inspections that received an Unsatisfactory result, Las Vegas and Clark County counts inspections that recorded at least one 5-demerit violation, the district's most serious class and Sacramento County counts inspections that ended in a yellow or red placard. Those are different events under different rules, so a lower number in one place does not mean cleaner restaurants there. The only fair reading is each figure against its own place's local rate.
Where do these figures come from?
From inspection records published by the Public Health - Seattle & King County, the Southern Nevada Health District and the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department. We count routine inspections only, match restaurant names to chains with a published table of name patterns, and need 100 inspections in a place before charting a chain there.
Does this say anything about the Jack in the Box near me?
No. A figure here sums up many inspections at many locations. For one restaurant's record, look it up with the health department that inspects it; each place page on this site links to its source.
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