Jeffersonville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 51,235 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Jeffersonville is the 20th largest community in Indiana.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jeffersonville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jeffersonville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jeffersonville who work in office and administrative support (14.18%), sales jobs (8.78%), and management occupations (8.32%). Also of interest is that Jeffersonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In terms of college education, Jeffersonville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.50% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Jeffersonville in 2022 was $35,801, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,204 for a family of four. However, Jeffersonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jeffersonville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jeffersonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jeffersonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jeffersonville include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Jeffersonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
