The city 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, Jefferson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jefferson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Jefferson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Jefferson are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.59% of adults in Jefferson having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jefferson in 2022 was $27,669, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,676 for a family of four. However, Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jefferson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jefferson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jefferson include English, Irish, German, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
