Jacksonville, NC

Jacksonville Metro Area industry wages have increased by 19.5% percent since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in the Jacksonville Metro Area by a total of 19.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for North Carolina and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Jacksonville Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind North Carolina, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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Total wages in all industries in Jacksonville, NC when analyzed can be understood as being very low when compared to other Metro Areas throughout the US in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 38.9 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $35,650. The industry pay was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Jacksonville Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Jacksonville Metro Area

The Limited-service eating places industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 380 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 26.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Jacksonville, NC.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (380 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (167 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (160 jobs lost)
4. Department stores (96 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (78 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Jacksonville Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 540 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 13.5 percent of the growth in Jacksonville.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (540 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (247 new jobs)
3. Management and technical consulting services (219 new jobs)
4. Clothing stores (191 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (187 new jobs)

In the Jacksonville, NC metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2,330 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 89 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 32 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 57 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total employment has increased by 8.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in North Carolina, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

The Jacksonville Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 63.1 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Carolina, where the it saw a gain of 8.3 percent. The losses in the Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers industry in Jacksonville outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.7 in percent of jobs in the Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (63.1 percent decline)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (55.1 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (53.6 percent decline)
4. Drycleaning and laundry services (35.4 percent decline)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (34.7 percent decline)

The Jacksonville Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Special food services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 351.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Jacksonville has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 11.9 percent. The Special food services industry in Jacksonville outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Special food services (351.5 percent gain)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (298.0 percent gain)
3. Individual and family services (282.0 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (241.1 percent gain)
5. Home furnishings stores (142.5 percent gain)

Jacksonville One-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Jacksonville, NC metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,601 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 99 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 37 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 59 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Jacksonville Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Management and technical consulting services industry has grown the most with 360 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Management and technical consulting services industry makes up 21.3 percent of the total employment growth in Jacksonville.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (360 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (236 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (167 new jobs)
4. Building finishing contractors (88 new jobs)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (77 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Jacksonville Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nonresidential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 58 jobs. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 16.5 percent of the total employment decline in Jacksonville, NC.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (58 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (31 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (30 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (18 jobs lost)
5. Investigation and security services (16 jobs lost)

The Jacksonville Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 33.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Carolina, where the industry reported a loss of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry in Jacksonville outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.4 in percent of workers in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (33.3 percent decline)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (28.7 percent decline)
3. Other crop farming (25.6 percent decline)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (23.5 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (23.4 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 5.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in North Carolina, which went through a gain of 2.7 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Jacksonville Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 719.3 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Jacksonville has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 11.2 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Jacksonville outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 9.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (719.3 percent gain)
2. Home furnishings stores (109.7 percent gain)
3. Wireless telecommunications carriers (58.6 percent gain)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (51.6 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (43.1 percent gain)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Jacksonville, NC

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The areas median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $41,242, which represents a 4.4 percent growth. The Jacksonville, NC MSA, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 8 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for the household income level in the State of North Carolina. Jacksonville ranks 8 of 28 metro area when comparing the growth in median household income in the United States.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Jacksonville metro area can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 21.7 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Jacksonville, accounting 23.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $29,175. This median is 26.1 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 18.7 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $32,105. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Jacksonville reported a median household income of $40,658, this level was 2.9 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Jacksonville, NC White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,063 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 6.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Jacksonville, NC reported a median household income of $34,640, this median household income is 12.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

The poverty rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro has increased by 5.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12.9 percent to 18.2 percent.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Jacksonville metro area accounted a relatively low median income for households of $39,495 (2005 Dollars). This median is 16.1 percent lower than the median in State of North Carolina of $45,845 and the median household income is 24.4 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

While household income level experienced a growth from 2000 to 2005 in the Jacksonville, NC metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic growth in household income was the Asian category. This category saw an increase of 62 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Jacksonville, undergoing a 26.4 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area

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From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 0.8 percent. By 2005, 14.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has decreased by a total of 0.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 14.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From the year 2000, the Jacksonville metro area has decreased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has declined by 0.4 percent to a total of 14.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

Jacksonville, NC Metro Area can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 14.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Jacksonville MSA counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Jacksonville metro area on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 14.2 percent (Men) versus 14.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 6 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Jacksonville, NC

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The Jacksonville metro area had a total estimated population of 152,440 in 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of 150,099. This growth denotes an increase of 1.6 percent. Jacksonville ranks 13 of 14 MSAs when calculating total change in population for North Carolina and the metro area ranks 281 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the Jacksonville metro area to be 29.1 years old. The median in Jacksonville is less than the median age in the State of North Carolina of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 25.0 years old. With 71.8 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Jacksonville can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Jacksonville metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 70.6 percent White, 17 percent African American, 1.9 percent Asian, and 6.6 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 25.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Jacksonville has decreased the percent of minority population when 27.2 percent of the people were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals migrated into the Jacksonville metro area, with 733 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Jacksonville totals 0.5 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

When calculating the total land area, the Jacksonville metro area spans a total area of 767 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 199 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Lincoln (199 per sq. mile ), Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach (200 per sq. mile ), Auburn-Opelika (202 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Gainesville (196 per sq. mile ), Battle Creek (196 per sq. mile ), Madison (196 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Jacksonville

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The residential housing values in Jacksonville, North Carolina have experienced moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $16,000, or 18.6 percent, since 2000 when their medians were reported to be $85,900.

Jacksonville recorded a median home value in 2005 of $101,900, reported by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall North Carolina 2005 home value of $127,600 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

There is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Jacksonville, North Carolina. In 2005, 66.9 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Jacksonville, the census reported 62,017 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a medium-high growth level in the number housing units, adding all together 4,754 residential units since 2001, or 8.3 percent.

When comparing areas across the State of North Carolina, Jacksonville ranks 6 of the 14 metro areas by percentage growth in residential real estate. The metro area is positioned 90 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Jacksonville is made up of a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 2.4 percent of the houses were valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Jacksonville, North Carolina -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Jacksonville, changing a total of 216.3 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of North Carolina went through a industry job change of -11.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry with the largest establishments in Jacksonville MSA, with the industry averaging 39 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's national average of 40 and less than the North Carolina establishments size average of 50 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in the Jacksonville Metropolitan Area. The industry was hit with a loss of 630 jobs during the period, or 22 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 51.7 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In Jacksonville, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the Metropolitan Area making up 22.9 percent of all the jobs in the Metropolitain Area. This makes up 6,601 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries total 19.7 and 11.8 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

A top paying industry in Jacksonville is the utilities industry with an average annual wage of $49,150. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the annual average wages in the industry have grown by 8.6 percent or $3,899. The State of North Carolina reflects a similar employment climate in the utilities industry, ranking near the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

In Jacksonville, Accommodation and food services, Retail Trade and Utilities are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Accommodation and food services industry has a US LQ in the region of 2.01. The percent of employment in the Accommodation and food services industry is 2.01 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Jacksonville may specialize, or be an exporter of Accommodation and food services.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).