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Jonesboro, GA
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Living in Jonesboro



Jonesboro is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,462 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Jonesboro is the 172nd largest community in Georgia.

One downside of living in Jonesboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jonesboro, the average commute to work is 30.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The population of Jonesboro has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.51% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Jonesboro in 2018 was $20,093, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,372 for a family of four. However, Jonesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jonesboro also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Jonesboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jonesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jonesboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Jonesboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jonesboro include English, German, African, Irish, and Jamaican.

The most common language spoken in Jonesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.