Lafe vs Marmaduke

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

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

Marmaduke has the higher population (1,369 vs 433 in Lafe). Marmaduke has the higher median household income ($50,824 vs $36,771 in Lafe). Marmaduke has the higher median home value ($111,000 vs $73,800 in Lafe).

Population, income & housing

	Lafe	Marmaduke
Population	433	1,369
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,771	$50,824
Median home value	$73,800	$111,000
Median gross rent	$640	$721
Housing units	171	659
Homeownership rate	84.1%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafe	Marmaduke
Population	438 → 433 (-1.1%)	1,226 → 1,369 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $36,771 (-1.3%)	$43,047 → $50,824 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $73,800 (+27.7%)	$70,600 → $111,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $640 (-8.6%)	$704 → $721 (+2.4%)

Lafe

Population

438433

Median household income

$37,273$36,771

Median home value

$57,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$700$640

Marmaduke

Population

1,2261,369

Median household income

$43,047$50,824

Median home value

$70,600$111,000

Median gross rent

$704$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafe	Marmaduke
Under 5	7.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.0%
75 and over	5.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafe	Marmaduke
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafe	Marmaduke
No high school diploma	12.8%	22.2%
High school graduate	54.7%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafe	Marmaduke
Drove alone	82.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafe	Marmaduke
1-unit, detached	72.5%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Lafe	Marmaduke
Poverty rate	39.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1988	1980