Jackson is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 59,673 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Jackson is the seventh largest community in Tennessee.

Jackson is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jackson is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jackson who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.26%), sales jobs (11.52%), and management occupations (7.55%).

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 17.54 minutes getting to work every day.

Jackson Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Jackson is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.74% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jackson in 2000 was $18,495, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,980 for a family of four.

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

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