Jonesboro vs Riverdale

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

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

Riverdale has the higher population (14,866 vs 6,137 in Jonesboro). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($62,627 vs $50,060 in Jonesboro). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $142,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
Population	6,137	14,866
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,060	$62,627
Median home value	$142,900	$160,000
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,266
Housing units	2,116	6,392
Homeownership rate	39.8%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
Population	4,771 → 6,137 (+28.6%)	15,291 → 14,866 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$34,418 → $50,060 (+45.4%)	$50,145 → $62,627 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $142,900 (+77.7%)	$101,300 → $160,000 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,116 (+24.7%)	$903 → $1,266 (+40.2%)

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

Riverdale

Population

15,29114,866

Median household income

$50,145$62,627

Median home value

$101,300$160,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,266

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	4.7%
Black or African American	62.7%	85.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
No high school diploma	27.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	43.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
Drove alone	78.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	4.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	62.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	21.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Riverdale
Poverty rate	31.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1968	1991