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Lamar, AR

1,826 Population
4.6 square miles 395.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 39.4 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$22,933 ±$4,008 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $24,865 ±$1,524
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$41,579 ±$13,077 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $44,808 ±$4,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

25.4% ±5.6% (449  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 19.4% † 4,874 (±2.6% / ±646)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

22.9 minutes ±4.4 (13,505  ±4,407) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 19.4 190,555 (±1.5 / ±17,162)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

664 ±118 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 10,047 ±234
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.7 ±0.4 (1,797  ±423) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 2.5 25,136 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

12.6% ±8.2% (50  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Johnson County: 5% † 286 (±2% / ±114)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

739 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 11,523 ±47
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$139,500 ±$13,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Johnson County: $124,800 ±$10,978
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

12.7% ±4.8% (225  ±100) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 11.5% † 2,940 (±2.2% / ±567.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

78.4% ±21.1% (920  ±156.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnson County: 83.9% 14,532 (±4.2% / ±729.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
21.7% ±5.2% (255  ±81.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 18.1% † 3,131 (±2.2% / ±385.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.1% (23  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Johnson County: 8.1% 2,099
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9.2% ±3.5% (116  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 8% † 1,561 (±1.3% / ±258)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
116 Total veterans ±50 112 Male ±49 4 Female ±6

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