Jacksonville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 14,651 people and five associated neighborhoods, Jacksonville is the 52nd largest community in Alabama.

Also of interest is that Jacksonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Jacksonville is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Jacksonville area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Jacksonville maintain a good economy.

Being a small city, Jacksonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Jacksonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.21% of adults in Jacksonville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jacksonville in 2022 was $24,089, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,356 for a family of four. However, Jacksonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jacksonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jacksonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jacksonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jacksonville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Jacksonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.