Jonesboro vs Van Buren

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

Jonesboro and Van Buren 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 858 in Van Buren). Van Buren has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $44,637 in Jonesboro). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $65,600 in Van Buren).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
Population	1,571	858
Median age	42.7 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,637	$49,000
Median home value	$74,900	$65,600
Median gross rent	$917	$763
Housing units	870	434
Homeownership rate	75.7%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
Population	1,275 → 1,571 (+23.2%)	889 → 858 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$41,897 → $44,637 (+6.5%)	$45,865 → $49,000 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $74,900 (+7.5%)	$63,200 → $65,600 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $917 (+21.6%)	$838 → $763 (-8.9%)

Jonesboro

Population

1,2751,571

Median household income

$41,897$44,637

Median home value

$69,700$74,900

Median gross rent

$754$917

Van Buren

Population

889858

Median household income

$45,865$49,000

Median home value

$63,200$65,600

Median gross rent

$838$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
Under 5	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	24.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.5%
75 and over	9.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
Drove alone	82.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	92.1%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Jonesboro	Van Buren
Poverty rate	17.9%	20.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1953	1951