Chatham vs Jonesboro

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

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

Jonesboro has the higher population (4,092 vs 678 in Chatham). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($36,458 vs $31,458 in Chatham). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $45,000 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Jonesboro
Population	678	4,092
Median age	32.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$36,458
Median home value	$45,000	$84,000
Median gross rent	$688	$709
Housing units	317	1,762
Homeownership rate	38.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Jonesboro
Population	780 → 678 (-13.1%)	4,529 → 4,092 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$18,438 → $31,458 (+70.6%)	$22,059 → $36,458 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $45,000 (-30.0%)	$79,500 → $84,000 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $688 (+53.6%)	$545 → $709 (+30.1%)

Chatham

Population

780678

Median household income

$18,438$31,458

Median home value

$64,300$45,000

Median gross rent

$448$688

Jonesboro

Population

4,5294,092

Median household income

$22,059$36,458

Median home value

$79,500$84,000

Median gross rent

$545$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Jonesboro
Under 5	9.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	1.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	33.3%	19.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.2%
75 and over	6.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	37.5%	45.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	13.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	33.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Jonesboro
Drove alone	62.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	73.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	12.5%	36.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	39	18
Median year structure built	1972	1968