Jennings is a tiny town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 772 people and just one neighborhood, Jennings is the 444th largest community in Florida.
Jennings is a blue-collar town, with 49.75% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Jennings is a town of service providers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jennings who work in maintenance occupations (19.50%), farm management occupations (18.75%), and healthcare suport services (11.00%).
In addition, many people in Jennings have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Jennings has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jennings a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Jennings, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Jennings doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Jennings has a very low overall level of education: only 6.35% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Jennings in 2022 was $15,696, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,784 for a family of four. However, Jennings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jennings also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.60% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Jennings is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jennings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Jennings, accounting for 50.69% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Jennings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jennings include Irish, English, German, European, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Jennings is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.4% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jennings are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 29.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.3%), and 16.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 76.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Jennings, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (23.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (16.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.