Lafe vs Paragould

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

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

Paragould has the higher population (29,940 vs 433 in Lafe). Paragould has the higher median household income ($56,181 vs $36,771 in Lafe). Paragould has the higher median home value ($175,400 vs $73,800 in Lafe).

Population, income & housing

	Lafe	Paragould
Population	433	29,940
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,771	$56,181
Median home value	$73,800	$175,400
Median gross rent	$640	$883
Housing units	171	12,485
Homeownership rate	84.1%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafe	Paragould
Population	438 → 433 (-1.1%)	28,568 → 29,940 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $36,771 (-1.3%)	$45,841 → $56,181 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $73,800 (+27.7%)	$129,100 → $175,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $640 (-8.6%)	$716 → $883 (+23.3%)

Lafe

Population

438433

Median household income

$37,273$36,771

Median home value

$57,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$700$640

Paragould

Population

28,56829,940

Median household income

$45,841$56,181

Median home value

$129,100$175,400

Median gross rent

$716$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafe	Paragould
Under 5	7.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafe	Paragould
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafe	Paragould
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	54.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafe	Paragould
Drove alone	82.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafe	Paragould
1-unit, detached	72.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Lafe	Paragould
Poverty rate	39.5%	16.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1988	1990