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.
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.
In terms of college education, Jena 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: 30.41% of adults in Jena have a college degree.
The per capita income in Jena in 2018 was $36,161, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,644 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, Irish, European, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Jena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
