Jena is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,757 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Jena is the 107th largest community in Louisiana.
The overall crime rate in Jena is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Jena is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Jena citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.51% of adults in Jena have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Jena in 2018 was $33,161, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,644 for a family of four. However, Jena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jena is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jena residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jena include English, European, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Jena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.