Jacksonville is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,245 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Jacksonville is the 120th largest community in Oregon.

Jacksonville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Jacksonville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jacksonville who work in sales jobs (14.90%), management occupations (10.63%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.43%).

Of important note, Jacksonville is also a city of artists. Jacksonville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Jacksonville's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Being a small city, Jacksonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Jacksonville Information and Demographics

The education level of Jacksonville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 38.38% of adults in Jacksonville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jacksonville in 2000 was $28,152, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,608 for a family of four.

The people who call Jacksonville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jacksonville is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Jacksonville include English, German, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Norwegian, French, Dutch, and Swedish.

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