Lakeview vs Mountain Home

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

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

Mountain Home has the higher population (13,021 vs 949 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $42,103 in Mountain Home). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $160,200 in Mountain Home).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
Population	949	13,021
Median age	60.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,708	$42,103
Median home value	$199,700	$160,200
Median gross rent	$736	$857
Housing units	483	6,640
Homeownership rate	82.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
Population	844 → 949 (+12.4%)	12,393 → 13,021 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$45,865 → $62,708 (+36.7%)	$40,408 → $42,103 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $199,700 (+39.7%)	$126,100 → $160,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $736 (-1.9%)	$686 → $857 (+24.9%)

Lakeview

Population

844949

Median household income

$45,865$62,708

Median home value

$143,000$199,700

Median gross rent

$750$736

Mountain Home

Population

12,39313,021

Median household income

$40,408$42,103

Median home value

$126,100$160,200

Median gross rent

$686$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	22.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	20.8%	12.2%
75 and over	17.5%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	6.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
Drove alone	62.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	84.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	18.9%	17.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1980	1980