About Jay

Jay is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,496 people and just one neighborhood, Jay is the 150th largest community in Oklahoma.

When you are in Jay, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.1% of Jay's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Jay is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jay who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.36%), sales jobs (8.61%), and food service (6.73%).

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 17.11 minutes getting to work every day.

Jay 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.

Jay Information and Demographics

The citizens of Jay are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.83% of adults in Jay have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jay in 2000 was $10,700, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $42,800 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Jay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Native American languages and Spanish.