Huntington vs Lavaca

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

Huntington 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 525 in Huntington). Lavaca has the higher median household income ($90,263 vs $34,444 in Huntington). Lavaca has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $47,100 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Lavaca
Population	525	2,466
Median age	34.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,444	$90,263
Median home value	$47,100	$155,000
Median gross rent	$884	$890
Housing units	225	1,038
Homeownership rate	57.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Lavaca
Population	499 → 525 (+5.2%)	2,545 → 2,466 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$29,917 → $34,444 (+15.1%)	$60,337 → $90,263 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $47,100 (-7.8%)	$118,100 → $155,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $884 (+22.1%)	$767 → $890 (+16.0%)

Huntington

Population

499525

Median household income

$29,917$34,444

Median home value

$51,100$47,100

Median gross rent

$724$884

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)

	Huntington	Lavaca
Under 5	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	27.6%	25.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.1%
75 and over	5.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Lavaca
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Lavaca
No high school diploma	23.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Lavaca
Drove alone	88.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Lavaca
1-unit, detached	70.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Lavaca
Poverty rate	27.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1972	1995