Delaplaine vs Lafe

A side-by-side comparison of Delaplaine and Lafe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lafe has the higher population (433 vs 82 in Delaplaine). Delaplaine has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $73,800 in Lafe). Since 2019, Lafe's population has grown faster (-1.1% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Delaplaine	Lafe
Population	82	433
Median age	46.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,771
Median home value	$104,200	$73,800
Median gross rent	—	$640
Housing units	47	171
Homeownership rate	97.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaplaine	Lafe
Population	97 → 82 (-15.5%)	438 → 433 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $60,625 (+2.8%)	$37,273 → $36,771 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $104,200 (+62.3%)	$57,800 → $73,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $640 (-8.6%)

Delaplaine

Population

9782

Median household income

$59,000$60,625

Median home value

$64,200$104,200

Lafe

Population

438433

Median household income

$37,273$36,771

Median home value

$57,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$700$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaplaine	Lafe
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	24.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.1%
75 and over	13.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaplaine	Lafe
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaplaine	Lafe
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaplaine	Lafe
Drove alone	81.8%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	1.3%
Other means	6.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaplaine	Lafe
1-unit, detached	55.3%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.6%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Delaplaine	Lafe
Poverty rate	41.5%	39.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1989	1988