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!) Jennings 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. Jennings has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jennings than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jennings may be for you.
Jennings 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.
The citizens of Jennings are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.53% of adults in Jennings have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Jennings in 2022 was $26,074, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,296 for a family of four. However, Jennings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jennings is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jennings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jennings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jennings include French, French Canadian, German, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Jennings is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
