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Jackson, TN
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Jackson profile


Living in Jackson



Jackson is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 68,380 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Jackson is the ninth largest community in Tennessee.

One thing noticeable about Jackson, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Jackson is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Jackson a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Jackson spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.04 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

In terms of college education, Jackson is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.10% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jackson in 2018 was $26,133, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,532 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jackson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.