Lake View vs Lexa

A side-by-side comparison of Lake View and Lexa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake View has the higher population (418 vs 133 in Lexa). Lexa has the higher median household income ($45,804 vs $27,868 in Lake View). Lexa has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $48,100 in Lake View).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Lexa
Population	418	133
Median age	52.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,868	$45,804
Median home value	$48,100	$84,400
Median gross rent	$443	$688
Housing units	227	82
Homeownership rate	34.8%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	24.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Lexa
Population	431 → 418 (-3.0%)	188 → 133 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$22,031 → $27,868 (+26.5%)	$25,750 → $45,804 (+77.9%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $48,100 (-15.6%)	$53,300 → $84,400 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$417 → $443 (+6.2%)	$725 → $688 (-5.1%)

Lake View

Population

431418

Median household income

$22,031$27,868

Median home value

$57,000$48,100

Median gross rent

$417$443

Lexa

Population

188133

Median household income

$25,750$45,804

Median home value

$53,300$84,400

Median gross rent

$725$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Lexa
Under 5	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	38.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	1.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	21.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	3.8%
75 and over	12.9%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Lexa
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	47.4%
Black or African American	95.7%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.5%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Lexa
No high school diploma	20.8%	28.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Lexa
Drove alone	57.5%	80.0%
Carpooled	33.8%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Lexa
1-unit, detached	45.4%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Lexa
Poverty rate	26.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1983	1988