Jensen is a tiny town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 372 people and just one neighborhood, Jensen is the 148th largest community in Utah. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Jensen, 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 Jensen, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Jensen’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Jensen does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is .
Jensen is a blue-collar town, with 44.97% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Jensen is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jensen who work in office and administrative support (12.08%), personal care services (10.74%), and maintenance occupations (10.74%).
Also of interest is that Jensen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Jensen is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Jensen’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Jensen is worth considering.
One downside of living in Jensen is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jensen, the average commute to work is 32.38 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Jensen is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Jensen, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Jensen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Jensen ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.53% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Jensen in 2022 was $40,901, which is upper middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,604 for a family of four. However, Jensen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Jensen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jensen residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Jensen include English, Welsh, European, French, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Jensen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.1% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
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 Jensen are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 77.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Jensen, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (26.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.8%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.3%) 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 (11.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.