Bay vs Jonesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Bay and Jonesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay and Jonesboro are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesboro has the higher population (79,187 vs 2,369 in Bay). Bay has the higher median household income ($58,000 vs $52,559 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $109,000 in Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bay	Jonesboro
Population	2,369	79,187
Median age	31.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$52,559
Median home value	$109,000	$213,400
Median gross rent	$1,013	$926
Housing units	949	34,100
Homeownership rate	47.3%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay	Jonesboro
Population	1,901 → 2,369 (+24.6%)	76,036 → 79,187 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$42,438 → $58,000 (+36.7%)	$45,931 → $52,559 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $109,000 (+31.6%)	$152,900 → $213,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,013 (+41.3%)	$764 → $926 (+21.2%)

Bay

Population

1,9012,369

Median household income

$42,438$58,000

Median home value

$82,800$109,000

Median gross rent

$717$1,013

Jonesboro

Population

76,03679,187

Median household income

$45,931$52,559

Median home value

$152,900$213,400

Median gross rent

$764$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay	Jonesboro
Under 5	13.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	64.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	15.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay	Jonesboro
Drove alone	81.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	78.8%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bay	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1976	1990