Jasper is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,423 people and four associated neighborhoods, Jasper is the 315th largest community in Texas.Jasper is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jasper is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jasper who work in sales jobs (11.82%), office and administrative support (9.16%), and food service (7.77%). The city 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, Jasper has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jasper a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The percentage of people in Jasper with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Jasper in 2022 was $23,562, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,248 for a family of four. However, Jasper contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jasper also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.10% of its population below the federal poverty line.Jasper is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jasper include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Jasper is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
