About Jakin

Jakin is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 148 people and just one neighborhood, Jakin is the 469th largest community in Georgia.

Jakin is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jakin is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jakin who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.78%), management occupations (10.39%), and farm management (5.19%).

Jakin is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Jakin isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.7% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Jakin 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.

Jakin Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Jakin ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.92% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jakin in 2000 was $18,863, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,452 for a family of four.

Jakin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jakin home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jakin is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jakin include Irish, German, English, Scotch-Irish, and African.

The most common language spoken in Jakin is English. Some people also speak Spanish.