Gas City vs Jonesboro

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

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

Gas City has the higher population (6,097 vs 1,571 in Jonesboro). Gas City has the higher median household income ($57,106 vs $44,637 in Jonesboro). Gas City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $74,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Gas City	Jonesboro
Population	6,097	1,571
Median age	45.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,106	$44,637
Median home value	$122,800	$74,900
Median gross rent	$858	$917
Housing units	2,781	870
Homeownership rate	72.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas City	Jonesboro
Population	5,802 → 6,097 (+5.1%)	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$42,454 → $57,106 (+34.5%)	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,800 (+38.6%)	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $858 (+3.9%)	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)

Gas City

Population

5,8026,097

Median household income

$42,454$57,106

Median home value

$88,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$826$858

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas City	Jonesboro
Under 5	4.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	13.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas City	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas City	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	8.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas City	Jonesboro
Drove alone	79.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas City	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	89.9%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Gas City	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	17.1%	17.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1962	1953