Jonesborough vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Jonesborough and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jonesborough has the higher population (6,056 vs 4,483 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($63,625 vs $63,155 in Jonesborough). Jonesborough has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $241,100 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
Population	6,056	4,483
Median age	39.4 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,155	$63,625
Median home value	$247,900	$241,100
Median gross rent	$1,103	$833
Housing units	2,761	2,067
Homeownership rate	60.6%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
Population	5,427 → 6,056 (+11.6%)	4,458 → 4,483 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$56,550 → $63,155 (+11.7%)	$44,747 → $63,625 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $247,900 (+46.7%)	$175,300 → $241,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$682 → $833 (+22.1%)

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

Oak Grove

Population

4,4584,483

Median household income

$44,747$63,625

Median home value

$175,300$241,100

Median gross rent

$682$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
Under 5	1.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	19.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	17.3%
75 and over	10.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	5.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
Drove alone	67.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	73.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	5.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Jonesborough	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	13.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1988	1987