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72417

5,940 Population
43 square miles 138 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$29,811 ±$3,010 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $32,407 ±$1,258
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$61,964 ±$14,265 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $56,738 ±$2,935
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

12.5% ±6.3% (742  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.1% 26,471 (±1.7% / ±2,236)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

22.1 minutes ±2.8 (65,740  ±11,053) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 20.3 1,142,050 (±0.4 / ±35,607)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

2,381 ±234 Number of households
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 53,229 ±734
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.5 ±0.3 (5,940  ±425) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 2.5 132,147 (±0 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

6.8% ±7.2% (117  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 5.1% † 1,745 (±1% / ±324)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

2,641 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 59,334 ±61
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$173,700 ±$18,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: $192,200 ±$7,249
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

10.8% ±4.6% (629  ±270.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 16.9% 22,728 (±1.5% / ±1,989.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

89% ±8.9% (3,437  ±490.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 88.6% 77,941 (±2.5% / ±2,235.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
21.3% ±5.6% (822  ±230) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 26.5% 23,289 (±1.5% / ±1,344.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

0.9% ±0.8% (51  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 3.3% 4,496
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

6.2% ±2.5% (259  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area: 6.1% 6,202 (±0.6% / ±563)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
259 Total veterans ±109 258 Male ±109 1 Female ±3

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