Jonesboro vs Mill Creek

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

Jonesboro and Mill Creek 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 32 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $58,309 in Jonesboro). Since 2019, Jonesboro's population has grown faster (+3.1% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
Population	1,912	32
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,309	$107,500
Median home value	$114,400	—
Median gross rent	$498	—
Housing units	840	12
Homeownership rate	75.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	33.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
Population	1,855 → 1,912 (+3.1%)	33 → 32 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$46,625 → $58,309 (+25.1%)	—
Median home value	$83,600 → $114,400 (+36.8%)	$35,400 → $38,800 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $498 (-12.2%)	—

Jonesboro

Population

1,8551,912

Median household income

$46,625$58,309

Median home value

$83,600$114,400

Median gross rent

$567$498

Mill Creek

Population

3332

Median home value

$35,400$38,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
Under 5	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	15.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.1%
75 and over	9.3%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	9.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
Drove alone	78.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	76.3%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	19.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1960	1973