Barling vs Lavaca

A side-by-side comparison of Barling and Lavaca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barling has the higher population (4,919 vs 2,466 in Lavaca). Lavaca has the higher median household income ($90,263 vs $52,009 in Barling). Lavaca has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $125,200 in Barling).

Population, income & housing

	Barling	Lavaca
Population	4,919	2,466
Median age	44.7 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,009	$90,263
Median home value	$125,200	$155,000
Median gross rent	$893	$890
Housing units	2,599	1,038
Homeownership rate	73.5%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barling	Lavaca
Population	4,910 → 4,919 (+0.2%)	2,545 → 2,466 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $52,009 (+9.6%)	$60,337 → $90,263 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,200 (+15.3%)	$118,100 → $155,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $893 (-3.5%)	$767 → $890 (+16.0%)

Barling

Population

4,9104,919

Median household income

$47,443$52,009

Median home value

$108,600$125,200

Median gross rent

$925$893

Lavaca

Population

2,5452,466

Median household income

$60,337$90,263

Median home value

$118,100$155,000

Median gross rent

$767$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barling	Lavaca
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.1%
75 and over	10.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barling	Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barling	Lavaca
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barling	Lavaca
Drove alone	83.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barling	Lavaca
1-unit, detached	72.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Barling	Lavaca
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1984	1995