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Lafayette township, Ouachita County, AR

5,334 Population
52.7 square miles 101.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ouachita County: 43.9 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,663 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ouachita County: $25,289 ±$1,576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $31,868 ±$310
$53,194 ±$19,165 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ouachita County: $47,348 † ±$4,748
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $56,335 ±$422

13.8% ±4.2% (728  ±239) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ouachita County: 19.1% † 4,230 (±3.3% / ±735)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16.2% 475,729 (±0.2% / ±6,881)

21 minutes ±3.9 (52,140  ±13,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ouachita County: 23.3 190,880 (±1.8 / ±19,173)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 22.2 26,944,420 (±0.1 / ±228,478)

Families

2,106 ±327 Number of households
  • Ouachita County: 8,459 ±439
  • Arkansas: 1,171,694 ±4,301
2.5 ±0.5 (5,334  ±710) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ouachita County: 2.6 22,221 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,935,589

8.3% ±8% (107  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Ouachita County: 8.5% † 386 (±4.6% / ±208)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,255 (±0.2% / ±1,692)

Housing

2,714 ±277 Number of housing units
  • Ouachita County: 11,925 ±32
  • Arkansas: 1,371,709 ±540

$113,400 ±$19,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ouachita County: $96,000 † ±$10,554
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $162,400 ±$1,008

11.3% ±4.7% (591  ±,258.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ouachita County: 8.8% † 1,946 (±2.3% / ±,503.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 13.7% 409,064 (±0.3% / ±7,515.5)

Social

86.1% ±4.6% (3,225  ±,428.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ouachita County: 88.2% 13,890 (±5.2% / ±,823.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.2% 1,792,192 (±0.5% / ±10,327.9)
15% ±4.4% (560  ±,178.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ouachita County: 15% † 2,356 (±2.1% / ±,332.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 24.7% 501,979 (±0.3% / ±5,675.2)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.3% ±3.2% (314  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ouachita County: 9.5% † 1,667 (±1.9% / ±331)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.9% 182,399 (±0.1% / ±2,840)
314 Total veterans ±143 283 Male ±120 31 Female ±51

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