Jenkinsburg is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 407 people and just one neighborhood, Jenkinsburg is the 423rd largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Jenkinsburg was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Jenkinsburg economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Jenkinsburg, where the median household income is $71,912.00.
Unlike some cities, Jenkinsburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jenkinsburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jenkinsburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jenkinsburg who work in sales jobs (17.12%), office and administrative support (8.22%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.22%).
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, Jenkinsburg is worth considering.
In Jenkinsburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Jenkinsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Jenkinsburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.51% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Jenkinsburg in 2022 was $36,559, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,236 for a family of four. However, Jenkinsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jenkinsburg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jenkinsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jenkinsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jenkinsburg include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Jenkinsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
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 Jenkinsburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer 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 (26.3%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.3%).
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 Jenkinsburg, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.4%), along with some South American ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (87.7%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.