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Jacksontown, OH

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Overview


Jacksontown is a tiny town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 402 people and just one neighborhood, Jacksontown is the 707th largest community in Ohio.

Jacksontown real estate is some of the most expensive in Ohio, although Jacksontown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Jacksontown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jacksontown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jacksontown is a town of managers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jacksontown who work in management occupations (55.43%), sales jobs (7.61%), and healthcare suport services (3.26%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Jacksontown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jacksontown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Jacksontown is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Jacksontown is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Jacksontown has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Jacksontown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Jacksontown has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.55% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Jacksontown in 2022 was $87,393, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $349,572 for a family of four. However, Jacksontown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Jacksontown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jacksontown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Jacksontown include English, Irish, Polish, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Jacksontown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jacksontown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 34.1% 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 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Jacksontown, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (4.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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