Bonanza vs Lavaca

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

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

Lavaca has the higher population (2,466 vs 730 in Bonanza). Lavaca has the higher median household income ($90,263 vs $59,583 in Bonanza). Lavaca has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $141,300 in Bonanza).

Population, income & housing

	Bonanza	Lavaca
Population	730	2,466
Median age	29.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$90,263
Median home value	$141,300	$155,000
Median gross rent	$952	$890
Housing units	245	1,038
Homeownership rate	77.5%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonanza	Lavaca
Population	491 → 730 (+48.7%)	2,545 → 2,466 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$44,545 → $59,583 (+33.8%)	$60,337 → $90,263 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $141,300 (+11.3%)	$118,100 → $155,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $952 (+18.3%)	$767 → $890 (+16.0%)

Bonanza

Population

491730

Median household income

$44,545$59,583

Median home value

$127,000$141,300

Median gross rent

$805$952

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)

	Bonanza	Lavaca
Under 5	9.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	24.7%	25.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.1%
75 and over	7.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonanza	Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonanza	Lavaca
No high school diploma	20.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonanza	Lavaca
Drove alone	75.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	20.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonanza	Lavaca
1-unit, detached	82.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Bonanza	Lavaca
Poverty rate	19.0%	5.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1990	1995