Jonesborough vs Spurgeon

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

Jonesborough and Spurgeon 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 3,749 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($66,091 vs $63,155 in Jonesborough). Jonesborough has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $197,500 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
Population	6,056	3,749
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,155	$66,091
Median home value	$247,900	$197,500
Median gross rent	$1,103	$796
Housing units	2,761	1,967
Homeownership rate	60.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
Population	5,427 → 6,056 (+11.6%)	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$56,550 → $63,155 (+11.7%)	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$169,000 → $247,900 (+46.7%)	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)

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

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
Under 5	1.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	12.3%
25 to 34	19.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.6%
75 and over	10.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	81.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
Drove alone	67.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	17.4%
Other means	2.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Jonesborough	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	13.2%	21.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1988	1979