Jena is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,151 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jena is the 107th largest community in Louisiana.
Because of many things, Jena is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Jena really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jena perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Jena, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.03 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
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 33.68% 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 2022 was $38,950, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,800 for a family of four. However, Jena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jena is an extremely 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. Jena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jena include English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Jena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.