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Jersey, GA

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Overview


Jersey is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 150 people and just one neighborhood, Jersey is the 486th largest community in Georgia.

Jersey real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Jersey house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Jersey is a blue-collar town, with 48.33% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Jersey is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jersey who work in office and administrative support (26.67%), management occupations (20.00%), and sales jobs (5.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Jersey 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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jersey has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jersey has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jersey than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jersey may be for you.

Jersey is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Jersey citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.00% of adults 25 and older in Jersey have a college degree.

The per capita income in Jersey in 2022 was $20,735, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,940 for a family of four.

The people who call Jersey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jersey residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Jersey include English, Irish, German, Italian, and British.

The most common language spoken in Jersey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Russian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Georgia. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Mon-Khmer, which is the dominant language of Cambodia, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jersey are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.6% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Jersey, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report German roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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