A city of 977,670, settled in 1791. Home to 106 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Jacksonville does most differently from other towns.
1870 · Fort George Hotel12 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 106 places on the National Register.
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Ordered by what stands out in Jacksonville. Another town gets a different order.
436 miles of trails across 218 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park | 9.6 mi | 4,046 |
| 2. Julington-Durbin Preserve | 7.1 mi | 1,990 |
| 3. Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | 6.9 mi | 44,930 |
Jacksonville beats the Florida average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | Jacksonville | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.4% | 7.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.3% | 12.7% |
70% of Jacksonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville Beach (2%), Orlando (1%) and Tampa (1%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
The public schools Jacksonville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duval Charter at Baymeadows | K–8 | 1,399 | A− |
| Westview K-8 | PK–8 | 1,221 | C |
| New Berlin Elementary School | K–5 | 1,118 | A |
| Duval Charter School at Coastal | K–8 | 1,082 | B+ |
| Chet's Creek Elementary School | PK–5 | 1,079 | A |
| Global Leadership Academy Discovery | K–8 | 1,068 | C− |
The typical Jacksonville home is worth about $285,000, down 0.8% in a year, 24% below the Florida typical home.
Jacksonville has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 44°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
7 colleges in town.
106 places in Jacksonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
30 notable people were born in Jacksonville.
City in Florida, United States
Jacksonville (US: , JAK-sən-vil), colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the seat of government of Duval County, with which the city consolidated in 1968. It is the tenth-most populous U.S. city and the largest city in the Southeast, with a population of 949,611 at the 2020 U.S. census. The Jacksonville metropolitan area, at over 1.76 million residents, is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 38th-largest in the United States. City-county consolidation greatly increased Jacksonville's official population and extended its boundaries, placing most of Duval County's p…
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10 towns share a border with Jacksonville.
