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Jonesboro city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Jonesboro city is a Census city of 80,137 people across 80.17 square miles of land, in Craighead County. Median household income is $55,424, 54.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 45 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $36.2 m.
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Jonesboro
What Jonesboro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area80.17 sq mi
- Water area0.55 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,000
- County holding the largest share of its areaCraighead County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jonesboro
How many people live in Jonesboro
- Population80,137
- Median age33.9
- Population under 1819,203
- Share under 1824.0 percent
- Population 65 and over11,363
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent
- Households31,913
- Family households19,874
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jonesboro
Income and work in Jonesboro
- Median household income$55,424
- Per capita income$33,544
- Civilian labor force38,912
- Employed36,456
- Unemployed2,456 plus or minus 576
- Unemployment rate6.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over50,545
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jonesboro
Housing in Jonesboro
- Housing units35,002
- Occupied units31,913
- Vacant units3,089
- Vacancy rate8.8 percent
- Owner occupied17,322
- Renter occupied14,591
- Ownership rate54.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$223,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$956
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent
- Single family units23,894
- Share single family68.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10,428
- Share in buildings of two or more29.8 percent
- Mobile homes671 plus or minus 273
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jonesboro
How Jonesboro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32,818
- Commuting under 15 minutes14,472
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,994
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.2 percent
- Drove alone80.1 percent
- Carpooled9.6 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jonesboro
SBA loans in Jonesboro (7(a))
- Approvals45
- Gross approval$36,216,800
- Average approval$804,818
- Median approval$360,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,353,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported662
- Jobs per approval14.7
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more24.4 percent
- Share to franchises31.1 percent
- Distinct lenders21
- Distinct industries by NAICS31
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jonesboro
SBA loans in Jonesboro (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,818,000
- Average approval$606,000
- Median approval$710,000
- Largest approval$921,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Craighead County, not Jonesboro
Craighead County context, not Jonesboro figures
These are Craighead County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jonesboro measurements.
- Establishments in Craighead County2,788
- Employment at those establishments, Craighead County48,791
- Covered employment, Craighead County55,053
- Average annual pay, Craighead County$51,690
- Average weekly wage, Craighead County$994
- Housing units permitted, Craighead County923
- Of those, single family, Craighead County610
- County product, 2024, Craighead County$7,259,082,000
- County product change over the prior year, Craighead County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Craighead County$47,024
Every figure in this section is published for Craighead County as a whole and is not a measurement of Jonesboro. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Jonesboro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jonesboro, Arkansas?
80,137, in 31,913 households. Jonesboro city covers 80.17 square miles of land, which is 1,000 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jonesboro in?
Craighead County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Jonesboro?
$55,424. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $223,200. Median gross rent is $956 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jonesboro businesses?
45 7(a) approvals totalling $36.2 m, across 21 lenders, median approval $360,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jonesboro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jonesboro borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Jonesboro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Craighead County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Jonesboro.
Is zoning published for Jonesboro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.