It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jackson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jackson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jackson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jackson may be for you.
One of the benefits of Jackson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.57 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.
Being a small town, Jackson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Jackson has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Jackson in 2022 was $9,295, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $37,180 for a family of four. Jackson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.47% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include French, English, French Canadian, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Jackson is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
