Eros vs Jonesboro

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

Eros 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 322 in Eros). Jonesboro has the higher median household income ($36,458 vs $27,045 in Eros). Since 2019, Eros's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Eros	Jonesboro
Population	322	4,092
Median age	27.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$27,045	$36,458
Median home value	—	$84,000
Median gross rent	$525	$709
Housing units	108	1,762
Homeownership rate	79.6%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eros	Jonesboro
Population	213 → 322 (+51.2%)	4,529 → 4,092 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $27,045 (+8.2%)	$22,059 → $36,458 (+65.3%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $60,900 (-26.9%)	$79,500 → $84,000 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $525 (+32.9%)	$545 → $709 (+30.1%)

Eros

Population

213322

Median household income

$25,000$27,045

Median home value

$83,300$60,900

Median gross rent

$395$525

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)

	Eros	Jonesboro
Under 5	14.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.4%	19.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	6.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	1.9%	11.2%
75 and over	2.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eros	Jonesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	43.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	45.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eros	Jonesboro
No high school diploma	17.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	66.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eros	Jonesboro
Drove alone	48.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	32.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eros	Jonesboro
1-unit, detached	45.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Eros	Jonesboro
Poverty rate	33.5%	36.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1972	1968