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Lamar, AR

1,783 Population
4.6 square miles 386.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 39.1 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,764 ±$4,267 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Johnson County: $25,637 ±$1,947
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,568 ±$9,604 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Johnson County: $45,995 ±$3,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.7% ±8.5% (387  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 19.8% † 4,979 (±3% / ±760)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±5.7 (13,395  ±5,028) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 19.3 185,975 (±1.4 / ±16,271)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

633 ±143 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 10,316 ±265
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (1,741  ±398) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 2.4 25,186 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.7% ±9.4% (49  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Johnson County: 6.6% † 381 (±2.1% / ±120)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

665 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 11,555 ±25
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,700 ±$13,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Johnson County: $135,300 † ±$16,337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±6.3% (257  ±121.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 14% † 3,598 (±2.6% / ±671.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±22.7% (984  ±163.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Johnson County: 84.3% 14,546 (±4.3% / ±745.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.4% ±6.3% (300  ±94.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnson County: 17.9% † 3,079 (±2.4% / ±407.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1.9% (31  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Johnson County: 8.2% 2,137
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.8% ±4% (142  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 8.9% † 1,741 (±1.3% / ±253)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±56 139 Male ±55 3 Female ±4

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