Jonesboro vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (27,384 vs 1,571 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($44,637 vs $43,349 in Marion). Marion has the higher median home value ($83,200 vs $74,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Marion
Population	1,571	27,384
Median age	42.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,637	$43,349
Median home value	$74,900	$83,200
Median gross rent	$917	$760
Housing units	870	12,906
Homeownership rate	75.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Marion
Population	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)	27,956 → 27,384 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)	$32,977 → $43,349 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)	$67,800 → $83,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)	$673 → $760 (+12.9%)

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Marion

Population

27,95627,384

Median household income

$32,977$43,349

Median home value

$67,800$83,200

Median gross rent

$673$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Marion
Under 5	3.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	18.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Marion
No high school diploma	8.1%	14.9%
High school graduate	48.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Marion
Drove alone	82.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Marion
1-unit, detached	92.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Marion
Poverty rate	17.9%	27.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1953	1958