Cobden vs Jonesboro

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

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

Jonesboro has the higher population (1,912 vs 1,064 in Cobden). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($58,309 vs $42,250 in Cobden). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $106,400 in Cobden).

Population, income & housing

	Cobden	Jonesboro
Population	1,064	1,912
Median age	47.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,250	$58,309
Median home value	$106,400	$114,400
Median gross rent	—	$498
Housing units	537	840
Homeownership rate	73.1%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobden	Jonesboro
Population	1,054 → 1,064 (+0.9%)	1,855 → 1,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$41,607 → $42,250 (+1.5%)	$46,625 → $58,309 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $106,400 (+20.5%)	$83,600 → $114,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $225 (-45.4%)	$567 → $498 (-12.2%)

Cobden

Population

1,0541,064

Median household income

$41,607$42,250

Median home value

$88,300$106,400

Median gross rent

$412$225

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)

	Cobden	Jonesboro
Under 5	4.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	23.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobden	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobden	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobden	Jonesboro
Drove alone	77.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobden	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	75.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Cobden	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	29.2%	19.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1964	1960