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Ada, OK vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Household income in Jonesboro, is 9% more than it is in Ada and is 41% below the National Average.
- Ada unemployment rate is 3.8%.
- Jonesboro unemployment rate is 4.1%.

Economy
 Ada, OKJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.8%4.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.5%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.8%40.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.4%8.5%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,181$28,787$37,638
 Household Income$44,721$48,901$69,021
 Family Median Income$61,025$64,398$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Ada, OKJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K13.7%13.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.2%5.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K15.7%11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.7%11.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.0%8.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.2%8.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.8%8.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.7%10.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.2%12.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.4%3.9%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.3%5.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Ada, OKJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.5%12.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.5%2.4%6.5%
 Community, social services3.3%1.2%1.8%
 Legal0.8%1.0%1.2%
 Education, library7.5%8.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.0%1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.2%9.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support6.4%3.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.4%6.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.6%4.8%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%3.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.3%22.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.4%6.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving11.9%14.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Ada    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Ada, Oklahoma is probably the best place to live in USA.I have lived here all of my life and would not move for anything.It is a close knit community where people  More

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Over 14 years ago

gang members? Where are you originally from? I'm from California, and used to live 20 minutes from East L.A. Are you sure you know what the meaning of Gang Member is? I  More

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The school system is below average in my opinion, the students all seem to come from bad ad neglected homes. There is higher crime than thought and my neighborhood is  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 4 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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ZIPS IN ADA, OKLAHOMA
74820 74842
ZIPS IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
72401 72404 72467

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