Bay vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Bay and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake City has the higher population (2,452 vs 2,369 in Bay). Bay has the higher median household income ($58,000 vs $57,449 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $109,000 in Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bay	Lake City
Population	2,369	2,452
Median age	31.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$57,449
Median home value	$109,000	$125,500
Median gross rent	$1,013	$827
Housing units	949	1,116
Homeownership rate	47.3%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay	Lake City
Population	1,901 → 2,369 (+24.6%)	2,465 → 2,452 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$42,438 → $58,000 (+36.7%)	$47,222 → $57,449 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $109,000 (+31.6%)	$93,500 → $125,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,013 (+41.3%)	$838 → $827 (-1.3%)

Bay

Population

1,9012,369

Median household income

$42,438$58,000

Median home value

$82,800$109,000

Median gross rent

$717$1,013

Lake City

Population

2,4652,452

Median household income

$47,222$57,449

Median home value

$93,500$125,500

Median gross rent

$838$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay	Lake City
Under 5	13.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	22.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.2%
75 and over	5.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay	Lake City
No high school diploma	15.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	45.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay	Lake City
Drove alone	81.3%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay	Lake City
1-unit, detached	78.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bay	Lake City
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1976	1982