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Jena, LA
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Jena profile


Living in Jena



Jena is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,128 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jena is the 107th largest community in Louisiana.

Because of many things, Jena is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Jena really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jena perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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

The overall education level of Jena citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.41% of adults in Jena have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Jena in 2022 was $36,161, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,644 for a family of four. However, Jena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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


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