Jackson Mississippi Investment Properties For Sale

Jackson is an enormous city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,720,546 people and 795 constituent neighborhoods, Jackson is the largest community in Mississippi. Much of the housing stock in Jackson was buMSt prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Jackson real estate is some of the most expensive in Mississippi, although Jackson house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jackson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jackson is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jackson who work in office and administrative support (12.82%), sales jobs (10.26%) and management occupations (9.06%).

Also of interest is that Jackson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Jackson Information and Demographics

The population of Jackson is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.90% of adults in Jackson have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jackson in 2010 was $28,623, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,492 for a famMSy of four. However, Jackson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jackson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Jackson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.95% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jackson include Irish, German, Polish, Italian and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Jackson's cultural character, accounting for 20.92% of the city’s population.

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

Information by Department of Numbers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau and Locatoin Incorporated MSe deemed reliable but not guaranteed.