Baxter County vs Boone County

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter County and Boone County: population, income, housing, and more.

Baxter County and Boone County are counties in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baxter County has the higher population (42,150 vs 37,896 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median household income ($54,195 vs $48,427 in Baxter County). Boone County has the higher median home value ($169,300 vs $165,400 in Baxter County).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter County	Boone County
Population	42,150	37,896
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,427	$54,195
Median home value	$165,400	$169,300
Median gross rent	$866	$715
Housing units	22,836	17,395
Homeownership rate	75.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter County	Boone County
Population	41,427 → 42,150 (+1.7%)	37,331 → 37,896 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$42,260 → $48,427 (+14.6%)	$45,374 → $54,195 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $165,400 (+24.0%)	$124,300 → $169,300 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $866 (+23.2%)	$636 → $715 (+12.4%)

Baxter County

Population

41,42742,150

Median household income

$42,260$48,427

Median home value

$133,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$703$866

Boone County

Population

37,33137,896

Median household income

$45,374$54,195

Median home value

$124,300$169,300

Median gross rent

$636$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter County	Boone County
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.1%
75 and over	14.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter County	Boone County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter County	Boone County
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter County	Boone County
Drove alone	77.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter County	Boone County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter County	Boone County
Poverty rate	14.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1983	1984