Magazine vs Scranton

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

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

Magazine has the higher population (893 vs 245 in Scranton). Scranton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $49,375 in Magazine). Scranton has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $87,400 in Magazine).

Population, income & housing

	Magazine	Scranton
Population	893	245
Median age	32.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$75,000
Median home value	$87,400	$115,000
Median gross rent	$641	$708
Housing units	324	117
Homeownership rate	64.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magazine	Scranton
Population	792 → 893 (+12.8%)	241 → 245 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$41,597 → $49,375 (+18.7%)	$43,438 → $75,000 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $87,400 (+5.2%)	$79,200 → $115,000 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $641 (+6.8%)	$606 → $708 (+16.8%)

Magazine

Population

792893

Median household income

$41,597$49,375

Median home value

$83,100$87,400

Median gross rent

$600$641

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)

	Magazine	Scranton
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	18.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.6%
75 and over	6.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magazine	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magazine	Scranton
No high school diploma	12.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	52.7%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magazine	Scranton
Drove alone	84.3%	90.6%
Carpooled	14.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magazine	Scranton
1-unit, detached	70.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Magazine	Scranton
Poverty rate	24.0%	14.7%
Average household size	3.37	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1977	1986