Lawson vs Strong

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

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

Strong has the higher population (388 vs 106 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $26,932 in Strong). Since 2019, Strong's population has grown faster (+38.1% vs +32.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lawson	Strong
Population	106	388
Median age	51.8 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,250	$26,932
Median home value	—	$66,400
Median gross rent	—	$659
Housing units	44	305
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawson	Strong
Population	80 → 106 (+32.5%)	281 → 388 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$103,500 → $107,250 (+3.6%)	$29,844 → $26,932 (-9.8%)
Median home value	—	$36,000 → $66,400 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$326 → $659 (+102.1%)

Lawson

Population

80106

Median household income

$103,500$107,250

Strong

Population

281388

Median household income

$29,844$26,932

Median home value

$36,000$66,400

Median gross rent

$326$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawson	Strong
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	30.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	20.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	21.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawson	Strong
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	28.9%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawson	Strong
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.7%
High school graduate	54.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawson	Strong
Drove alone	75.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	33.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawson	Strong
1-unit, detached	81.8%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawson	Strong
Poverty rate	0.0%	32.5%
Average household size	2.41	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	57
Median year structure built	1976	1979