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Jonesborough |
Population (year
2000): 4,168,
Est. population
in July 2002:
4,321 (+3.7%
change)
Males: 2,100
(50.4%),
Females: 2,068
(49.6%)
Elevation: 1692
feet
County:
Washington
Land area: 4.3
square miles
Zip code:
37659
Median resident
age: 39.1 years
Median household
income: $32,132
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $94,600
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(23.0%), English
(11.7%), German
(11.4%), Irish
(10.2%),
Scotch-Irish
(3.9%), Italian
(2.4%).
For population
25 years and
over in
Jonesborough
-
High school
or higher:
75.7%
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Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
18.7%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 7.2%
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Unemployed:
6.1%
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Mean travel
time to
work: 24.8
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in
Jonesborough
town
-
Never
married:
14.7%
-
Now married:
61.2%
-
Separated:
2.1%
-
Widowed:
10.0%
-
Divorced:
11.9%
0.4% Foreign
born
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 9
buildings,
average
cost:
$95,000
-
1997: 25
buildings,
average
cost:
$100,100
-
1998: 51
buildings,
average
cost:
$99,500
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1999: 32
buildings,
average
cost:
$89,800
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2000: 32
buildings,
average
cost:
$114,100
-
2001: 22
buildings,
average
cost:
$112,600
-
2002: 53
buildings,
average
cost:
$115,900
-
2003: 56
buildings,
average
cost:
$115,900
Industries
providing
employment:
Educational, health
and social
services
(22.4%), Retail
trade (15.5%),
Manufacturing
(14.5%).
Crime
in
Jonesborough
(2002):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
- 10 assaults (235.5 per 100,000)
- 27 burglaries (635.7 per 100,000)
- 90 larceny counts (2119.1 per 100,000)
- 10 auto thefts (235.5 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 198.9 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospitals/medical
centers
near
Jonesborough:
- JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CTR (about 7 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- JOHNSON CITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
- NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
Colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
nearest
to
Jonesborough:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 46 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 72 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
Public
high
school
in
Jonesborough:
- DAVID CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,066; Location: 684 OLD STATE ROUTE 34; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
schools
in
Jonesborough:
- LAMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 677; Location: 3261 HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH; Grades: KG - 08)
- JONESBOROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 636; Location: 306 FOREST DR; Grades: KG - 04)
- SULPHUR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY (Students: 613; Location: 1518 GRAY/SULPHUR SPRINGS RD; Grades: KG - 08)
- JONESBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 570; Location: 308 FOREST DR; Grades: 05 - 08)
Library
in
Jonesborough:
- WASHINGTON COUNTY/JONESBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $345,895; Location: 200 SABIN DRIVE; 59,167 books; 1,406 audio materials; 1,168 video materials; 104 serial subscriptions)
Jonesborough
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
- Population density below state average for cities.
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