Bonanza vs Jonesboro

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

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

Jonesboro has the higher population (6,137 vs 3,567 in Bonanza). Bonanza has the higher median household income ($63,308 vs $50,060 in Jonesboro). Bonanza has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $142,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
Population	3,567	6,137
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,308	$50,060
Median home value	$179,800	$142,900
Median gross rent	$1,521	$1,116
Housing units	1,590	2,116
Homeownership rate	55.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	16.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
Population	3,603 → 3,567 (-1.0%)	4,771 → 6,137 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$53,462 → $63,308 (+18.4%)	$34,418 → $50,060 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$92,900 → $179,800 (+93.5%)	$80,400 → $142,900 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,296 → $1,521 (+17.4%)	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)

Bonanza

Population

3,6033,567

Median household income

$53,462$63,308

Median home value

$92,900$179,800

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,521

Jonesboro

Population

4,7716,137

Median household income

$34,418$50,060

Median home value

$80,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$895$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.2%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.6%
75 and over	3.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	12.4%	24.2%
Black or African American	71.3%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	6.9%	27.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
Drove alone	79.4%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	86.4%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bonanza	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	9.4%	31.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1993	1968