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Jensen, UT

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Overview


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 .

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Jensen, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.97% of Jensen’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Jensen is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Jensen really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jensen perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Jensen has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jensen a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Jensen, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.38 minutes every day commuting to work.

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.

Jensen is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Jensen ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.53% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

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.

The Neighbors

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.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

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.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

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.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. 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.


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