Jonesboro is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 55,617 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Jonesboro is the fifth largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jonesboro is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jonesboro is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jonesboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.62%), sales jobs (13.58%), and management occupations (7.90%).

Jonesboro is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Jonesboro enrolled in college, Jonesboro has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Jonesboro is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.54 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Jonesboro is a very car-oriented city: 96.9% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Jonesboro is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Jonesboro Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Jonesboro is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.58% of adults in Jonesboro have a college degree.

The per capita income in Jonesboro in 2000 was $17,884, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,536 for a family of four.

Jonesboro is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jonesboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jonesboro is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jonesboro include Irish, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Jonesboro is English. Some people also speak Spanish.