Anna vs Jonesboro

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

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

Anna has the higher population (4,222 vs 1,912 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($58,309 vs $36,238 in Anna). Anna has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $114,400 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Anna	Jonesboro
Population	4,222	1,912
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,238	$58,309
Median home value	$128,200	$114,400
Median gross rent	$607	$498
Housing units	2,185	840
Homeownership rate	58.3%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anna	Jonesboro
Population	4,185 → 4,222 (+0.9%)	1,855 → 1,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$37,430 → $36,238 (-3.2%)	$46,625 → $58,309 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $128,200 (+45.8%)	$83,600 → $114,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $607 (+0.5%)	$567 → $498 (-12.2%)

Anna

Population

4,1854,222

Median household income

$37,430$36,238

Median home value

$87,900$128,200

Median gross rent

$604$607

Jonesboro

Population

1,8551,912

Median household income

$46,625$58,309

Median home value

$83,600$114,400

Median gross rent

$567$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anna	Jonesboro
Under 5	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.0%
75 and over	11.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anna	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anna	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anna	Jonesboro
Drove alone	81.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.8%
Other means	5.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anna	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	70.0%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Anna	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	31.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1968	1960