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!) Jefferson 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. Jefferson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jefferson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jefferson may be for you.
Being a small city, Jefferson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Jefferson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.59% of adults in Jefferson have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Jefferson in 2022 was $27,669, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,676 for a family of four. However, Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jefferson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jefferson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Jefferson include English, Irish, German, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
