Jayess is a somewhat small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 6,968 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jayess is the 53rd largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Jayess is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.33% of the Jayess workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Jayess is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jayess who work in teaching (16.86%), sales jobs (9.26%), and office and administrative support (7.20%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Jayess has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jayess a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Jayess, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of Jayess are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.91% of adults in Jayess have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Jayess in 2022 was $23,472, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,888 for a family of four. However, Jayess contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jayess is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jayess home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jayess residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jayess include Irish, English, French, German, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Jayess is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
