What is the population of Jonesboro city?

Jonesboro city has 6,137 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #149 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Jonesboro city?

Median household income in Jonesboro city is $50,060 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Jonesboro city?

Median gross rent is $1,116 a month and the median home value is $142,900, so rent absorbs about 26.8% of median household income.

Is Jonesboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jonesboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Jonesboro, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Jonesboro, Georgia (Jonesboro, GA — Census place “Jonesboro city”) is 6,137 residents, ranking #149 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $50,060, the median home is worth $142,900 and median gross rent runs $1,116 a month. Looking for the Jonesboro Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Jonesboro, GA: 30236.

Population: 6,137Jonesboro city residents
Median household income: $50,060Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $142,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,116Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 39.8%Owner-occupied households

Jonesboro ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Jonesboro.

The Jonesboro GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

30236

What the numbers mean in Jonesboro city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Jonesboro city median would spend about 26.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 31.5% of residents and 39.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Jonesboro city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Jonesboro city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 6,137 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #149 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 35.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Jonesboro city earn a median of $50,060 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 31.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Jonesboro city is valued at $142,900, 52.9% below the national figure and 25% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,116 a month, 20.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,392 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 39.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Jonesboro city?: Jonesboro city has 6,137 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #149 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Jonesboro city?: Median household income in Jonesboro city is $50,060 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Jonesboro city?: Median gross rent is $1,116 a month and the median home value is $142,900, so rent absorbs about 26.8% of median household income.
Is Jonesboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Jonesboro city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Jonesboro city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.