Jonesboro vs Lake City

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

Jonesboro and Lake City 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 2,452 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median household income ($57,449 vs $52,559 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $125,500 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Lake City
Population	79,187	2,452
Median age	33.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,559	$57,449
Median home value	$213,400	$125,500
Median gross rent	$926	$827
Housing units	34,100	1,116
Homeownership rate	52.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Lake City
Population	76,036 → 79,187 (+4.1%)	2,465 → 2,452 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,931 → $52,559 (+14.4%)	$47,222 → $57,449 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $213,400 (+39.6%)	$93,500 → $125,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $926 (+21.2%)	$838 → $827 (-1.3%)

Jonesboro

Population

76,03679,187

Median household income

$45,931$52,559

Median home value

$152,900$213,400

Median gross rent

$764$926

Lake City

Population

2,4652,452

Median household income

$47,222$57,449

Median home value

$93,500$125,500

Median gross rent

$838$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Lake City
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	13.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	22.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.2%
75 and over	5.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	22.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Lake City
No high school diploma	9.1%	13.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Lake City
Drove alone	81.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Lake City
1-unit, detached	64.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Lake City
Poverty rate	22.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1990	1982