East Hodge vs Jonesboro

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

East Hodge 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 318 in East Hodge). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($36,458 vs $26,146 in East Hodge). Jonesboro has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $77,800 in East Hodge).

Population, income & housing

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
Population	318	4,092
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,146	$36,458
Median home value	$77,800	$84,000
Median gross rent	$348	$709
Housing units	155	1,762
Homeownership rate	50.4%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
Population	323 → 318 (-1.5%)	4,529 → 4,092 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$19,886 → $26,146 (+31.5%)	$22,059 → $36,458 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $77,800 (+12.6%)	$79,500 → $84,000 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$267 → $348 (+30.3%)	$545 → $709 (+30.1%)

East Hodge

Population

323318

Median household income

$19,886$26,146

Median home value

$69,100$77,800

Median gross rent

$267$348

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)

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
Under 5	12.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	19.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	13.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	43.4%
Black or African American	99.7%	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	0.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	14.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
Drove alone	81.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	19.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	55.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	31.6%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	East Hodge	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	44.3%	36.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	11	18
Median year structure built	1978	1968