Lexa vs Poplar Grove

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

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

Lexa has the higher population (133 vs 113 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($116,161 vs $45,804 in Lexa). Since 2019, Poplar Grove's population has grown faster (+175.6% vs -29.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
Population	133	113
Median age	49.9 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,804	$116,161
Median home value	$84,400	—
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	82	57
Homeownership rate	60.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
Population	188 → 133 (-29.3%)	41 → 113 (+175.6%)
Median household income	$25,750 → $45,804 (+77.9%)	—
Median home value	$53,300 → $84,400 (+58.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $688 (-5.1%)	—

Lexa

Population

188133

Median household income

$25,750$45,804

Median home value

$53,300$84,400

Median gross rent

$725$688

Poplar Grove

Population

41113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	38.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	38.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	26.5%
75 and over	20.3%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	14.3%	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	10.5%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	27.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	28.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	80.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	91.5%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Lexa	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.51	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1988	1959