Jasper is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,520 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Jasper is the 174th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jasper is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jasper is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Jasper who work in office and administrative support (19.87%), sales jobs (14.86%), and teaching (7.43%). Also of interest is that Jasper has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. As is often the case in a small city, Jasper doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Jasper are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.65% of adults in Jasper have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Jasper in 2022 was $29,023, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,092 for a family of four. However, Jasper contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Jasper home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jasper residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Jasper include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Jasper is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
