Greenwood vs Lavaca

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (9,570 vs 2,466 in Lavaca). Lavaca has the higher median household income ($90,263 vs $65,745 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($177,300 vs $155,000 in Lavaca).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Lavaca
Population	9,570	2,466
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,745	$90,263
Median home value	$177,300	$155,000
Median gross rent	$824	$890
Housing units	4,190	1,038
Homeownership rate	71.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Lavaca
Population	9,387 → 9,570 (+1.9%)	2,545 → 2,466 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $65,745 (+14.3%)	$60,337 → $90,263 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $177,300 (+30.4%)	$118,100 → $155,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $824 (+10.8%)	$767 → $890 (+16.0%)

Greenwood

Population

9,3879,570

Median household income

$57,500$65,745

Median home value

$136,000$177,300

Median gross rent

$744$824

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)

	Greenwood	Lavaca
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	25.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	6.1%
75 and over	7.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Lavaca
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Lavaca
Drove alone	81.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Lavaca
1-unit, detached	80.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Lavaca
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1995	1995