Jacksonville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 14,651 people and five associated neighborhoods, Jacksonville is the 52nd largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jacksonville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jacksonville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jacksonville who work in sales jobs (17.24%), food service (10.74%), and office and administrative support (10.15%). Also of interest is that Jacksonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Jacksonville is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Jacksonville area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Jacksonville maintain a good economy. Being a small city, Jacksonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Jacksonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.21% of adults in Jacksonville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Jacksonville in 2022 was $24,089, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,356 for a family of four. However, Jacksonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jacksonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jacksonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jacksonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jacksonville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Jacksonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
