Johnson City vs Jonesborough

A side-by-side comparison of Johnson City and Jonesborough: population, income, housing, and more.

Johnson City and Jonesborough are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnson City has the higher population (71,455 vs 6,056 in Jonesborough). Jonesborough has the higher median household income ($63,155 vs $55,429 in Johnson City). Jonesborough has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $238,000 in Johnson City).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
Population	71,455	6,056
Median age	35.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$63,155
Median home value	$238,000	$247,900
Median gross rent	$957	$1,103
Housing units	33,086	2,761
Homeownership rate	49.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
Population	66,515 → 71,455 (+7.4%)	5,427 → 6,056 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$41,682 → $55,429 (+33.0%)	$56,550 → $63,155 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $238,000 (+42.1%)	$169,000 → $247,900 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $957 (+26.8%)	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)

Johnson City

Population

66,51571,455

Median household income

$41,682$55,429

Median home value

$167,500$238,000

Median gross rent

$755$957

Jonesborough

Population

5,4276,056

Median household income

$56,550$63,155

Median home value

$169,000$247,900

Median gross rent

$952$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
Under 5	4.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	16.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	21.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
Drove alone	78.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	17.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
1-unit, detached	53.4%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	8.2%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Johnson City	Jonesborough
Poverty rate	21.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1983	1988