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!) Jackson 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. Jackson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jackson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jackson may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.56 minutes getting to work every day.
Jackson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Jackson is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.68% of adults 25 and older in Jackson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jackson in 2022 was $29,765, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,060 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jackson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include English, Irish, African, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
