Lawson vs Norphlet

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

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

Norphlet has the higher population (834 vs 106 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $51,250 in Norphlet). Since 2019, Norphlet's population has grown faster (+36.3% vs +32.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lawson	Norphlet
Population	106	834
Median age	51.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,250	$51,250
Median home value	—	$109,100
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	44	371
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawson	Norphlet
Population	80 → 106 (+32.5%)	612 → 834 (+36.3%)
Median household income	$103,500 → $107,250 (+3.6%)	$52,813 → $51,250 (-3.0%)
Median home value	—	$73,400 → $109,100 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$836 → $633 (-24.3%)

Lawson

Population

80106

Median household income

$103,500$107,250

Norphlet

Population

612834

Median household income

$52,813$51,250

Median home value

$73,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$836$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawson	Norphlet
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	26.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	20.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	21.7%	5.4%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawson	Norphlet
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	9.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawson	Norphlet
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	54.1%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawson	Norphlet
Drove alone	75.3%	89.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawson	Norphlet
1-unit, detached	81.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Lawson	Norphlet
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1976	1976