Lafe vs Oak Grove Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Lafe and Oak Grove Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Grove Heights has the higher population (1,271 vs 433 in Lafe). Oak Grove Heights has the higher median household income ($83,578 vs $36,771 in Lafe). Oak Grove Heights has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $73,800 in Lafe).

Population, income & housing

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
Population	433	1,271
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,771	$83,578
Median home value	$73,800	$171,000
Median gross rent	$640	$829
Housing units	171	463
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
Population	438 → 433 (-1.1%)	1,165 → 1,271 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $36,771 (-1.3%)	$63,542 → $83,578 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $73,800 (+27.7%)	$107,300 → $171,000 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $640 (-8.6%)	$696 → $829 (+19.1%)

Lafe

Population

438433

Median household income

$37,273$36,771

Median home value

$57,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$700$640

Oak Grove Heights

Population

1,1651,271

Median household income

$63,542$83,578

Median home value

$107,300$171,000

Median gross rent

$696$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
Under 5	7.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.6%
75 and over	5.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	54.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
Drove alone	82.8%	89.9%
Carpooled	13.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
1-unit, detached	72.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Lafe	Oak Grove Heights
Poverty rate	39.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1988	1998