Lavaca vs Mansfield

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

Lavaca and Mansfield 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 1,341 in Mansfield). Lavaca has the higher median household income ($90,263 vs $54,318 in Mansfield). Lavaca has the higher median home value ($155,000 vs $112,500 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lavaca	Mansfield
Population	2,466	1,341
Median age	31.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,263	$54,318
Median home value	$155,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$890	$830
Housing units	1,038	524
Homeownership rate	77.7%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavaca	Mansfield
Population	2,545 → 2,466 (-3.1%)	1,398 → 1,341 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$60,337 → $90,263 (+49.6%)	$33,125 → $54,318 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $155,000 (+31.2%)	$82,800 → $112,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $890 (+16.0%)	$591 → $830 (+40.4%)

Lavaca

Population

2,5452,466

Median household income

$60,337$90,263

Median home value

$118,100$155,000

Median gross rent

$767$890

Mansfield

Population

1,3981,341

Median household income

$33,125$54,318

Median home value

$82,800$112,500

Median gross rent

$591$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavaca	Mansfield
Under 5	6.8%	10.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.2%
75 and over	2.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavaca	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavaca	Mansfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavaca	Mansfield
Drove alone	85.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavaca	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	75.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Lavaca	Mansfield
Poverty rate	5.2%	29.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1995	1977