Jenks is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 9,447 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Jenks is the 45th largest community in Oklahoma.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jenks is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jenks is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jenks who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.29%), sales jobs (11.83%), and management occupations (10.21%).

Also of interest is that Jenks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the benefits of Jenks is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.23 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Jenks is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Jenks, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.24% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small city, Jenks doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Jenks Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Jenks is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.88% of adults in Jenks have a college degree.

The per capita income in Jenks in 2000 was $22,804, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,216 for a family of four.

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

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