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, Jackson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jackson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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 16.73 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Jackson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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 $27,969, 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 $111,876 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 Vietnamese and Italian.
