Jonestown vs Lula

A side-by-side comparison of Jonestown and Lula: population, income, housing, and more.

Jonestown and Lula are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonestown has the higher population (941 vs 218 in Lula). Lula has the higher median household income ($38,333 vs $20,900 in Jonestown). Lula has the higher median home value ($63,300 vs $60,300 in Jonestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Lula
Population	941	218
Median age	35.4 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$20,900	$38,333
Median home value	$60,300	$63,300
Median gross rent	$261	$325
Housing units	436	123
Homeownership rate	37.3%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	27.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Lula
Population	1,047 → 941 (-10.1%)	245 → 218 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$17,016 → $20,900 (+22.8%)	$27,321 → $38,333 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $60,300 (+43.2%)	$47,000 → $63,300 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $261 (-32.7%)	$264 → $325 (+23.1%)

Jonestown

Population

1,047941

Median household income

$17,016$20,900

Median home value

$42,100$60,300

Median gross rent

$388$261

Lula

Population

245218

Median household income

$27,321$38,333

Median home value

$47,000$63,300

Median gross rent

$264$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Lula
Under 5	6.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	24.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.9%
75 and over	2.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Lula
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	10.6%
Black or African American	100.0%	89.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Lula
No high school diploma	16.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Lula
Drove alone	86.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Lula
1-unit, detached	40.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	38.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Lula
Poverty rate	60.9%	28.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1986	1978