Jacksonville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 14,682 people and five associated neighborhoods, Jacksonville is the 52nd largest community in Alabama.

A relatively large number of people in Jacksonville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.26% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Jacksonville is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Jacksonville to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.

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

In terms of college education, Jacksonville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.62% of adults in Jacksonville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Jacksonville in 2022 was $24,119, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,476 for a family of four. However, Jacksonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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