Dongola vs Jonesboro

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

Dongola 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 576 in Dongola). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($58,309 vs $35,250 in Dongola). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $67,500 in Dongola).

Population, income & housing

	Dongola	Jonesboro
Population	576	1,912
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$58,309
Median home value	$67,500	$114,400
Median gross rent	$440	$498
Housing units	312	840
Homeownership rate	59.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dongola	Jonesboro
Population	837 → 576 (-31.2%)	1,855 → 1,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$34,917 → $35,250 (+1.0%)	$46,625 → $58,309 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $67,500 (-8.2%)	$83,600 → $114,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $440 (-22.3%)	$567 → $498 (-12.2%)

Dongola

Population

837576

Median household income

$34,917$35,250

Median home value

$73,500$67,500

Median gross rent

$566$440

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)

	Dongola	Jonesboro
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.0%
75 and over	4.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dongola	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dongola	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	21.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dongola	Jonesboro
Drove alone	77.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	17.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.8%
Other means	1.1%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dongola	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	68.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Dongola	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	22.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1966	1960