Jonesboro vs Morrow

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

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

Morrow has the higher population (6,519 vs 6,137 in Jonesboro). Morrow has the higher median household income ($61,215 vs $50,060 in Jonesboro). Morrow has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $142,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Morrow
Population	6,137	6,519
Median age	35.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,060	$61,215
Median home value	$142,900	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,401
Housing units	2,116	1,834
Homeownership rate	39.8%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Morrow
Population	4,771 → 6,137 (+28.6%)	6,965 → 6,519 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$34,418 → $50,060 (+45.4%)	$52,372 → $61,215 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $142,900 (+77.7%)	$112,100 → $221,900 (+97.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)	$885 → $1,401 (+58.3%)

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

Morrow

Population

6,9656,519

Median household income

$52,372$61,215

Median home value

$112,100$221,900

Median gross rent

$885$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Morrow
Under 5	6.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.5%
75 and over	4.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Morrow
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	9.2%
Black or African American	62.7%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	29.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Morrow
No high school diploma	27.8%	22.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Morrow
Drove alone	78.7%	50.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	35.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Morrow
1-unit, detached	62.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	21.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Morrow
Poverty rate	31.5%	20.4%
Average household size	2.60	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1968	1974