Jacksboro is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,656 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jacksboro is the 434th largest community in Texas.
A relatively large number of people in Jacksboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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!) Jacksboro 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. Jacksboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jacksboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jacksboro may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Jacksboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Jacksboro is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.04% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jacksboro in 2022 was $26,304, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,216 for a family of four. However, Jacksboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jacksboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jacksboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jacksboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Jacksboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jacksboro include English, Irish, German, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Jacksboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.