Jacksonville is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 70,420 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Jacksonville is the 14th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Jacksonville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Jacksonville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Jacksonville, where the median household income is $50,185.00.

Jacksonville is a military town: the armed forces employs 25.20% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Accommodation and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 16.17% and 15.07% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.53% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Jacksonville, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Jacksonville is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Jacksonville a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the nice things about Jacksonville is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Jacksonville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.37 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The citizens of Jacksonville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.71% of adults in Jacksonville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jacksonville in 2018 was $26,808, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,232 for a family of four. However, Jacksonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jacksonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jacksonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jacksonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Jacksonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jacksonville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

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