Irondale vs Jonesboro

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

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

Irondale has the higher population (8,722 vs 6,137 in Jonesboro). Irondale has the higher median household income ($61,454 vs $50,060 in Jonesboro). Irondale has the higher median home value ($186,700 vs $142,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	Jonesboro
Population	8,722	6,137
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$50,060
Median home value	$186,700	$142,900
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,116
Housing units	3,153	2,116
Homeownership rate	69.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	Jonesboro
Population	8,224 → 8,722 (+6.1%)	4,771 → 6,137 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$51,672 → $61,454 (+18.9%)	$34,418 → $50,060 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $186,700 (+91.1%)	$80,400 → $142,900 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $1,478 (+41.0%)	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)

Irondale

Population

8,2248,722

Median household income

$51,672$61,454

Median home value

$97,700$186,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,478

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)

	Irondale	Jonesboro
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.6%
75 and over	1.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	24.2%
Black or African American	65.1%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	11.3%	27.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	Jonesboro
Drove alone	63.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	21.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	4.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	76.5%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	21.7%	31.5%
Average household size	3.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1994	1968