Coal Hill vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Hill and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lamar has the higher population (1,826 vs 856 in Coal Hill). Lamar has the higher median household income ($41,579 vs $36,957 in Coal Hill). Lamar has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $104,000 in Coal Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Hill	Lamar
Population	856	1,826
Median age	49.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,957	$41,579
Median home value	$104,000	$139,500
Median gross rent	$499	$575
Housing units	364	739
Homeownership rate	65.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Hill	Lamar
Population	1,247 → 856 (-31.4%)	2,001 → 1,826 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $36,957 (+4.5%)	$31,625 → $41,579 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $104,000 (+33.2%)	$97,400 → $139,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$397 → $499 (+25.7%)	$515 → $575 (+11.7%)

Coal Hill

Population

1,247856

Median household income

$35,357$36,957

Median home value

$78,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$397$499

Lamar

Population

2,0011,826

Median household income

$31,625$41,579

Median home value

$97,400$139,500

Median gross rent

$515$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Hill	Lamar
Under 5	2.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.8%
75 and over	7.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Hill	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Hill	Lamar
No high school diploma	24.7%	21.6%
High school graduate	52.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Hill	Lamar
Drove alone	86.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.8%
Public transit	1.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Hill	Lamar
1-unit, detached	68.1%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Coal Hill	Lamar
Poverty rate	27.0%	25.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1975	1990