Jonesboro.
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Arkansas·Craighead County
17 tracts·54K people·$223K median·673/mi²
White 63 · Black 23 · Hispanic 8 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 2 · Other 1
Married couple 41 · Living alone 30 · Other 28
Health 32 · Retail 20 · Manufacturing 17 · Professional 16 · Leisure 11 · Public admin 2 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 40 · Sales · office 21 · Service 20 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 80 · Carpool 19 · Work from home 8 · Walk 2 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Jonesboro is $223,200 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Jonesboro has 80,137 residents across 11 census tracts and 13 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.9; the population is 63.0% White, 22.7% Black, 7.5% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% Multiracial, 1.6% Asian and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 31.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 22.8% (Census ACS).
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (54%), VALLEY VIEW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (54%) and INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNET (49%) lead the elementary schools; VALLEY VIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (51%), DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (27%) and ANNIE CAMP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (23%) lead the middle schools; VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL (30%), THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL (15%) and NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL (14%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $956/month, 39% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Jonesboro is $55,424 a year, 36% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Jonesboro, median rent is $956/month and the median home value is $223,200 (Census ACS).
Jonesboro reported 6.4 violent crimes and 33.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 90°F; winter lows average 32°F; there are 69 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 51 inches; snowfall averages 4 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Jonesboro are ice storm (99), tornado (99) and earthquake (99), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.91g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Jonesboro scores 8.8 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 2.4% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).