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Lavaca, AR

2,466 Population
2.2 square miles 1,110 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$33,077 ±$5,489 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $31,368 ±$1,557
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$90,263 ±$14,639 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $56,717 ±$1,803
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

5.2% ±3.3% (127  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 17.1% 38,524 (±1.2% / ±2,606)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

27.2 minutes ±3.7 (34,570  ±5,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.6 1,971,355 (±0.4 / ±50,567)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

866 ±95 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,129 ±715
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.9 ±0.3 (2,466  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 225,804 (±0 / ±60)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

5.2% ±4.5% (37  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% † 3,408 (±1.1% / ±555)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

1,038 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 100,960 ±104
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$155,000 ±$18,749 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $160,100 ±$4,013
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

9.2% ±5.4% (225  ±132) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.6% 30,721 (±0.9% / ±2,100.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

96.8% ±11.3% (1,445  ±221.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.5% 132,297 (±1.7% / ±2,667.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
27.3% ±7.1% (408  ±113.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.4% 33,156 (±1% / ±1,542)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

0.4% ±0.6% (10  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.4% 14,597
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9.1% ±4.1% (151  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.7% 15,142 (±0.5% / ±809)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
151 Total veterans ±69 143 Male ±68 8 Female ±13

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