Lake Arthur vs Roanoke

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Arthur and Roanoke: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Arthur and Roanoke are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Arthur has the higher population (2,599 vs 724 in Roanoke). Since 2019, Roanoke's population has grown faster (+64.5% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
Population	2,599	724
Median age	37.5 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	—
Median home value	$77,600	—
Median gross rent	$653	—
Housing units	1,276	171
Homeownership rate	73.4%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	30.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
Population	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)	440 → 724 (+64.5%)
Median household income	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)	$36,133 → $15,669 (-56.6%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)	—

Lake Arthur

Population

2,7462,599

Median household income

$33,292$41,333

Median home value

$72,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$603$653

Roanoke

Population

440724

Median household income

$36,133$15,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	49.6%
18 to 24	14.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	23.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.5%
75 and over	6.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
No high school diploma	27.4%	43.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
Drove alone	87.1%	93.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	72.6%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	48.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arthur	Roanoke
Poverty rate	28.2%	30.2%
Average household size	2.74	4.23
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1968	1975