Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Jackson is worth considering.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.73 minutes getting to work every day.
Jackson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Jackson who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.68% of the adults in Jackson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jackson in 2022 was $27,969, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,876 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jackson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include English, Irish, African, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Italian.
