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Housing in Scranton

Homes in Scranton

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$610
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,360

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Logan County, AR): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Scranton in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Scranton has permitted 18 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
02468 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
18
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+21
New homes+12

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Scranton gained 21 residents while 12 new homes were permitted: about 1.8 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Arkansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$80,000
2025110$80,000
2024000—
2023422$803,000
2022330$500,000
2021000—
2020000—
2019202$200,000
2018404$400,000
2017202$200,000
2016202$120,000
2015000—
2014000—
2013220$175,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004606$86,000
2003505$71,000
2002707$100,000
2001404$70,000
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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