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Jemison, AL
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Jemison is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,780 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jemison is the 183rd largest community in Alabama.

Of important note, Jemison is also a city of artists. Jemison has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Jemison’s character.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Jemison 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. Jemison has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jemison than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jemison may be for you.

In Jemison, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Jemison is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Jemison rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.79% of adults 25 and older in Jemison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Jemison in 2022 was $26,255, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,020 for a family of four. However, Jemison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jemison is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jemison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jemison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jemison include English, African, Irish, Dutch, and German.

The most common language spoken in Jemison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.

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