Bono vs Jonesboro

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

Bono 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 2,575 in Bono). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($52,559 vs $46,897 in Bono). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $143,100 in Bono).

Population, income & housing

	Bono	Jonesboro
Population	2,575	79,187
Median age	30.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,897	$52,559
Median home value	$143,100	$213,400
Median gross rent	$863	$926
Housing units	1,050	34,100
Homeownership rate	53.1%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bono	Jonesboro
Population	2,478 → 2,575 (+3.9%)	76,036 → 79,187 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$40,455 → $46,897 (+15.9%)	$45,931 → $52,559 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $143,100 (+46.3%)	$152,900 → $213,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $863 (+19.4%)	$764 → $926 (+21.2%)

Bono

Population

2,4782,575

Median household income

$40,455$46,897

Median home value

$97,800$143,100

Median gross rent

$723$863

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)

	Bono	Jonesboro
Under 5	10.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.1%
25 to 34	24.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	8.2%
75 and over	2.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bono	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	64.3%
Black or African American	11.0%	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	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bono	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bono	Jonesboro
Drove alone	82.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bono	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	71.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bono	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	17.0%	22.4%
Average household size	2.81	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1997	1990