It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jackson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jackson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jackson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jackson may be for you.
One of the benefits of Jackson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Jackson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Jackson who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.32% of the adults in Jackson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jackson in 2022 was $37,759, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,036 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
