Lake City vs Monette

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

Lake City and Monette 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 1,385 in Monette). Lake City has the higher median household income ($57,449 vs $54,063 in Monette). Lake City has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $113,300 in Monette).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Monette
Population	2,452	1,385
Median age	32.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,449	$54,063
Median home value	$125,500	$113,300
Median gross rent	$827	$542
Housing units	1,116	706
Homeownership rate	63.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Monette
Population	2,465 → 2,452 (-0.5%)	1,678 → 1,385 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$47,222 → $57,449 (+21.7%)	$43,611 → $54,063 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $125,500 (+34.2%)	$84,800 → $113,300 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $827 (-1.3%)	$492 → $542 (+10.2%)

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

Monette

Population

1,6781,385

Median household income

$43,611$54,063

Median home value

$84,800$113,300

Median gross rent

$492$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Monette
Under 5	7.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	22.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.9%
75 and over	10.2%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Monette
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	84.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Monette
No high school diploma	13.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Monette
Drove alone	90.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Monette
1-unit, detached	82.6%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Monette
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1982	1975