Booneville vs Paris

A side-by-side comparison of Booneville and Paris: population, income, housing, and more.

Booneville and Paris are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Booneville has the higher population (3,814 vs 3,287 in Paris). Booneville has the higher median household income ($49,653 vs $48,789 in Paris). Paris has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $91,800 in Booneville).

Population, income & housing

	Booneville	Paris
Population	3,814	3,287
Median age	36.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,653	$48,789
Median home value	$91,800	$112,700
Median gross rent	$727	$706
Housing units	1,821	1,644
Homeownership rate	51.4%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booneville	Paris
Population	3,841 → 3,814 (-0.7%)	3,413 → 3,287 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$36,372 → $49,653 (+36.5%)	$36,144 → $48,789 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $91,800 (+10.2%)	$98,700 → $112,700 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $727 (+36.4%)	$578 → $706 (+22.1%)

Booneville

Population

3,8413,814

Median household income

$36,372$49,653

Median home value

$83,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$533$727

Paris

Population

3,4133,287

Median household income

$36,144$48,789

Median home value

$98,700$112,700

Median gross rent

$578$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booneville	Paris
Under 5	7.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	14.1%
75 and over	6.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booneville	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booneville	Paris
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booneville	Paris
Drove alone	72.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.1%	9.6%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booneville	Paris
1-unit, detached	77.4%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Booneville	Paris
Poverty rate	16.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1976	1972