Brookland vs Jonesboro

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

Brookland 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 4,230 in Brookland). Brookland has the higher median household income ($59,677 vs $52,559 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $163,500 in Brookland).

Population, income & housing

	Brookland	Jonesboro
Population	4,230	79,187
Median age	27.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,677	$52,559
Median home value	$163,500	$213,400
Median gross rent	$987	$926
Housing units	1,716	34,100
Homeownership rate	54.5%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookland	Jonesboro
Population	3,312 → 4,230 (+27.7%)	76,036 → 79,187 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$44,092 → $59,677 (+35.3%)	$45,931 → $52,559 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $163,500 (+47.7%)	$152,900 → $213,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $987 (+32.0%)	$764 → $926 (+21.2%)

Brookland

Population

3,3124,230

Median household income

$44,092$59,677

Median home value

$110,700$163,500

Median gross rent

$748$987

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)

	Brookland	Jonesboro
Under 5	12.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.1%
25 to 34	24.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	3.3%	8.2%
75 and over	3.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookland	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	64.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookland	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	12.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	46.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookland	Jonesboro
Drove alone	88.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookland	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	52.3%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	11.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookland	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	11.8%	22.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2002	1990