Jasper is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,549 people and four associated neighborhoods, Jasper is the 317th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jasper is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jasper is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jasper who work in food service (24.57%), sales jobs (18.97%), and office and administrative support (8.19%). Of important note, Jasper is also a city of artists. Jasper has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Jasper’s character. One of the benefits of Jasper is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.27 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. Being a small city, Jasper does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Jasper ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Jasper in 2022 was $6,739, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $26,956 for a family of four. However, Jasper contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jasper also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.06% of its population below the federal poverty line.Jasper is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jasper home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jasper residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jasper include African, Irish, English, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Jasper is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
