Knoxville vs Lamar

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

Knoxville 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 621 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($46,806 vs $41,579 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median home value ($139,500 vs $99,500 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Lamar
Population	621	1,826
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,806	$41,579
Median home value	$99,500	$139,500
Median gross rent	$822	$575
Housing units	331	739
Homeownership rate	89.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Lamar
Population	833 → 621 (-25.5%)	2,001 → 1,826 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$40,917 → $46,806 (+14.4%)	$31,625 → $41,579 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$97,300 → $99,500 (+2.3%)	$97,400 → $139,500 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $822 (+13.4%)	$515 → $575 (+11.7%)

Knoxville

Population

833621

Median household income

$40,917$46,806

Median home value

$97,300$99,500

Median gross rent

$725$822

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)

	Knoxville	Lamar
Under 5	6.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Lamar
No high school diploma	6.9%	21.6%
High school graduate	50.3%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Lamar
Drove alone	85.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Lamar
1-unit, detached	68.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Lamar
Poverty rate	23.0%	25.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1984	1990