Jonesboro vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (3,935 vs 1,571 in Jonesboro). Upland has the higher median household income ($74,663 vs $44,637 in Jonesboro). Upland has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $74,900 in Jonesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Upland
Population	1,571	3,935
Median age	42.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,637	$74,663
Median home value	$74,900	$170,800
Median gross rent	$917	$800
Housing units	870	1,095
Homeownership rate	75.7%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Upland
Population	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)	3,733 → 3,935 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)	$56,364 → $74,663 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)	$128,300 → $170,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)	$611 → $800 (+30.9%)

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Upland

Population

3,7333,935

Median household income

$56,364$74,663

Median home value

$128,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$611$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Upland
Under 5	3.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	38.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.6%
75 and over	9.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Upland
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Upland
Drove alone	82.5%	54.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	22.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Upland
1-unit, detached	92.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Upland
Poverty rate	17.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1953	1973