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Jenkinsburg, GA

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Overview


Jenkinsburg is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 407 people and just one neighborhood, Jenkinsburg is the 423rd largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Jenkinsburg, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Jenkinsburg, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Jenkinsburg’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Jenkinsburg does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $71,912.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Jenkinsburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jenkinsburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jenkinsburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jenkinsburg who work in sales jobs (17.12%), office and administrative support (8.22%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.22%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

One downside of living in Jenkinsburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jenkinsburg, the average commute to work is 35.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Jenkinsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Jenkinsburg is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.51% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jenkinsburg in 2022 was $36,559, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,236 for a family of four. However, Jenkinsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jenkinsburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.3%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Jenkinsburg, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.4%), along with some South American ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (87.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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