Jasper is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,423 people and four associated neighborhoods, Jasper is the 315th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jasper is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jasper is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jasper who work in sales jobs (11.82%), office and administrative support (9.16%), and food service (7.77%). 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!) Jasper 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. Jasper has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jasper than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jasper may be for you.The rate of college-level education in Jasper is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.97% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Jasper in 2022 was $23,562, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,248 for a family of four. However, Jasper contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jasper also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.10% of its population below the federal poverty line.Jasper is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jasper home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jasper residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jasper include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Jasper is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
