Jackson is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 68,380 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Jackson is the ninth largest community in Tennessee.Jackson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jackson is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jackson who work in sales jobs (11.30%), management occupations (9.60%), and office and administrative support (8.72%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.46% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Jackson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.37 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.In terms of college education, Jackson is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.89% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Jackson in 2022 was $28,544, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,176 for a family of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jackson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jackson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
