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Jonesboro township, Craighead County, AR

63,701 Population
86.9 square miles 732.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Craighead County: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,898 ±$2,123 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Craighead County: $33,774 ±$1,464
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,672 ±$4,594 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Craighead County: $59,548 ±$3,493
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.4% ±2.6% (13,570  ±1,635) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Craighead County: 20.1% 22,019 (±1.9% / ±2,085)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±0.7 (475,990  ±31,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Craighead County: 19.6 936,995 (±0.5 / ±34,129)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,832 ±816 Number of households
  • Craighead County: 44,437 ±650
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (60,663  ±1,729) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Craighead County: 2.5 109,911 (±0 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±1.2% (621  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Craighead County: 5.2% † 1,522 (±1% / ±299)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,060 ±745 Number of housing units
  • Craighead County: 48,885 ±52
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,400 ±$10,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Craighead County: $210,400 ±$6,913
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.9% ±2.7% (12,539  ±1,721) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Craighead County: 17.1% 19,169 (±1.7% / ±1,871.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±3.2% (36,667  ±1,747.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Craighead County: 90.2% 65,439 (±3% / ±2,157.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.7% ±2.3% (13,567  ±1,033.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Craighead County: 29.7% 21,539 (±1.8% / ±1,323.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±0.8% (2,837  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Craighead County: 3.7% 4,240
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±0.9% (2,591  ±420) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Craighead County: 6.3% † 5,325 (±0.6% / ±539)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,591 Total veterans ±420 2,431 Male ±398 160 Female ±90

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