Jasonville is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 1,995 people and just one neighborhood, Jasonville is the 246th largest community in Indiana. Jasonville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
When you are in Jasonville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.60% of Jasonville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Jasonville is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jasonville who work in healthcare suport services (9.76%), sales jobs (9.52%), and healthcare (5.54%).
As is often the case in a small city, Jasonville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Jasonville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.15% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Jasonville in 2022 was $17,499, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,996 for a family of four. Jasonville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Jasonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jasonville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Jasonville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Jasonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Jasonville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of American neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.7% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.5% of America's neighborhoods.
Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Jasonville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 44.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.4%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Jasonville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.