Cotter vs Lakeview

A side-by-side comparison of Cotter and Lakeview: population, income, housing, and more.

Cotter and Lakeview are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cotter has the higher population (955 vs 949 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $162,000 in Cotter).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Lakeview
Population	955	949
Median age	63.3 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$62,708
Median home value	$162,000	$199,700
Median gross rent	$657	$736
Housing units	651	483
Homeownership rate	73.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Lakeview
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	844 → 949 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$45,865 → $62,708 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$143,000 → $199,700 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$750 → $736 (-1.9%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Lakeview

Population

844949

Median household income

$45,865$62,708

Median home value

$143,000$199,700

Median gross rent

$750$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Lakeview
Under 5	2.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	22.9%	22.8%
65 to 74	29.1%	20.8%
75 and over	9.7%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Lakeview
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Lakeview
Drove alone	83.1%	62.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	86.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Lakeview
Poverty rate	16.5%	18.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1965	1980