Calion vs Lawson

A side-by-side comparison of Calion and Lawson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calion has the higher population (405 vs 106 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $42,039 in Calion). Since 2019, Lawson's population has grown faster (+32.5% vs -20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Calion	Lawson
Population	405	106
Median age	44.0 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,039	$107,250
Median home value	$61,700	—
Housing units	258	44
Homeownership rate	89.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calion	Lawson
Population	510 → 405 (-20.6%)	80 → 106 (+32.5%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $42,039 (-19.3%)	$103,500 → $107,250 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $61,700 (-16.2%)	—

Calion

Population

510405

Median household income

$52,083$42,039

Median home value

$73,600$61,700

Lawson

Population

80106

Median household income

$103,500$107,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calion	Lawson
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	21.7%
75 and over	4.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calion	Lawson
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	25.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calion	Lawson
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.3%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calion	Lawson
Drove alone	95.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calion	Lawson
1-unit, detached	54.7%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Calion	Lawson
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1980	1976