Lake View vs Poplar Grove

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

Lake View and Poplar Grove 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 113 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($116,161 vs $27,868 in Lake View). Since 2019, Poplar Grove's population has grown faster (+175.6% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
Population	418	113
Median age	52.5 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$27,868	$116,161
Median home value	$48,100	—
Median gross rent	$443	—
Housing units	227	57
Homeownership rate	34.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	24.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
Population	431 → 418 (-3.0%)	41 → 113 (+175.6%)
Median household income	$22,031 → $27,868 (+26.5%)	—
Median home value	$57,000 → $48,100 (-15.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$417 → $443 (+6.2%)	—

Lake View

Population

431418

Median household income

$22,031$27,868

Median home value

$57,000$48,100

Median gross rent

$417$443

Poplar Grove

Population

41113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
Under 5	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	38.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	26.5%
75 and over	12.9%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	48.7%
Black or African American	95.7%	38.9%
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%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	20.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	57.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	33.8%	0.0%
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	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	45.4%	87.7%
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%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	26.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.24	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1983	1959