Jonesboro vs Sweetser

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

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

Jonesboro has the higher population (1,571 vs 1,115 in Sweetser). Sweetser has the higher median household income ($77,578 vs $44,637 in Jonesboro). Sweetser has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $74,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
Population	1,571	1,115
Median age	42.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,637	$77,578
Median home value	$74,900	$136,300
Median gross rent	$917	$1,080
Housing units	870	466
Homeownership rate	75.7%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
Population	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)	1,292 → 1,115 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)	$58,426 → $77,578 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)	$98,400 → $136,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)	$697 → $1,080 (+54.9%)

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Sweetser

Population

1,2921,115

Median household income

$58,426$77,578

Median home value

$98,400$136,300

Median gross rent

$697$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
Under 5	3.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.4%
75 and over	9.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
Drove alone	82.5%	88.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
1-unit, detached	92.1%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Sweetser
Poverty rate	17.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1953	1967