East Bend vs Jonesville

A side-by-side comparison of East Bend and Jonesville: population, income, housing, and more.

East Bend and Jonesville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesville has the higher population (2,782 vs 765 in East Bend). East Bend has the higher median household income ($85,500 vs $28,257 in Jonesville). East Bend has the higher median home value ($174,200 vs $117,500 in Jonesville).

Population, income & housing

	East Bend	Jonesville
Population	765	2,782
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,500	$28,257
Median home value	$174,200	$117,500
Median gross rent	$748	$500
Housing units	268	1,451
Homeownership rate	83.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Bend	Jonesville
Population	706 → 765 (+8.4%)	2,551 → 2,782 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$69,412 → $85,500 (+23.2%)	$26,919 → $28,257 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $174,200 (+44.9%)	$98,600 → $117,500 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $748 (-1.7%)	$563 → $500 (-11.2%)

East Bend

Population

706765

Median household income

$69,412$85,500

Median home value

$120,200$174,200

Median gross rent

$761$748

Jonesville

Population

2,5512,782

Median household income

$26,919$28,257

Median home value

$98,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$563$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Bend	Jonesville
Under 5	3.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.3%
75 and over	6.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Bend	Jonesville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	72.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Bend	Jonesville
No high school diploma	6.1%	18.9%
High school graduate	48.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Bend	Jonesville
Drove alone	73.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	17.7%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Bend	Jonesville
1-unit, detached	91.0%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	East Bend	Jonesville
Poverty rate	11.2%	23.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1973	1968