Jonesboro vs Monette

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

Jonesboro and Monette 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 1,385 in Monette). Monette has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $52,559 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($213,400 vs $113,300 in Monette).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Monette
Population	79,187	1,385
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,559	$54,063
Median home value	$213,400	$113,300
Median gross rent	$926	$542
Housing units	34,100	706
Homeownership rate	52.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Monette
Population	76,036 → 79,187 (+4.1%)	1,678 → 1,385 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$45,931 → $52,559 (+14.4%)	$43,611 → $54,063 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $213,400 (+39.6%)	$84,800 → $113,300 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $926 (+21.2%)	$492 → $542 (+10.2%)

Jonesboro

Population

76,03679,187

Median household income

$45,931$52,559

Median home value

$152,900$213,400

Median gross rent

$764$926

Monette

Population

1,6781,385

Median household income

$43,611$54,063

Median home value

$84,800$113,300

Median gross rent

$492$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Monette
Under 5	6.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	13.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.9%
75 and over	5.6%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Monette
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	84.1%
Black or African American	22.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Monette
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Monette
Drove alone	81.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	18.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Monette
1-unit, detached	64.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Monette
Poverty rate	22.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1990	1975