Jonesboro, Louisiana.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+58%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
Living in Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Jonesboro is a town of 4,106 people in Jackson Parish. Half its households earn more than $41,786 a year and half less, against $44,925 across Jackson Parish; 35% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Jackson Parish was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Jonesboro is a small town and the seat of Jackson Parish, with a population that is young to middle-aged. Household incomes run below the parish's, and a large share of residents live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls plentifully through the year.
Work. Many residents work in government, retail, and in schools, hospitals and social care, with professional and business services also employing a good number. Among the largest workplaces in town are Jackson Parish Schools, Walmart and Jackson Parish Hospital. Commutes are short, and unemployment in the parish is lower than it was a year earlier, with the parish adding jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Palace Theatre is in or beside town and is the closest place for an evening out. A longer drive away are Jimmie Davis State Park, a protected area, and Black Lake, a reservoir. The Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, also a longer drive away, offers a look at the state's political history.
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- 1,332households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 35%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson Parish had 3,943 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 71°. About 61 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bienville Northeast weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jonesboro
- Jackson Parish SchoolsSchool district307FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters180
- Jackson Parish HospitalCritical access hospital134FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers42
- Jackson Parish Ambulance Service DistrictAmbulance services, air or ground32
- JonesboroMail and parcel delivery27
- Hope HospiceHospice care services, in home24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 502 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Jonesboro’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jackson Parish.
Jonesboro home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
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Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jonesboro14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
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Zip codes with a Jonesboro address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jonesboro — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.