2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Jonesboro, AR vs Boulder City, NV

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- Household income in Boulder City, is 43% more than it is in Jonesboro and is 1% above the National Average.
- Jonesboro unemployment rate is 4.1%.
- Boulder City unemployment rate is 8.8%.
 Jonesboro, ARBoulder City, NVUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,787  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$69,746$69,021
 Family Median Income$64,398  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Jonesboro, ARBoulder City, NVUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock8.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Jonesboro, ARBoulder City, NVUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library8.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.2%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock4.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock10.8%13.1%
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 5 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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Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 17 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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