Booneville vs Scranton

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

Booneville and Scranton 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 245 in Scranton). Scranton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $49,653 in Booneville). Scranton has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $91,800 in Booneville).

Population, income & housing

	Booneville	Scranton
Population	3,814	245
Median age	36.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,653	$75,000
Median home value	$91,800	$115,000
Median gross rent	$727	$708
Housing units	1,821	117
Homeownership rate	51.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booneville	Scranton
Population	3,841 → 3,814 (-0.7%)	241 → 245 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$36,372 → $49,653 (+36.5%)	$43,438 → $75,000 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $91,800 (+10.2%)	$79,200 → $115,000 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $727 (+36.4%)	$606 → $708 (+16.8%)

Booneville

Population

3,8413,814

Median household income

$36,372$49,653

Median home value

$83,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$533$727

Scranton

Population

241245

Median household income

$43,438$75,000

Median home value

$79,200$115,000

Median gross rent

$606$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booneville	Scranton
Under 5	7.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	18.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	7.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.6%
75 and over	6.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booneville	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booneville	Scranton
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booneville	Scranton
Drove alone	72.9%	90.6%
Carpooled	18.1%	4.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booneville	Scranton
1-unit, detached	77.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Booneville	Scranton
Poverty rate	16.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1976	1986