Latta vs Little Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Latta and Little Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Latta and Little Rock are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Latta has the higher population (1,301 vs 560 in Little Rock). Little Rock has the higher median household income ($55,104 vs $45,500 in Latta). Latta has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $62,700 in Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Latta	Little Rock
Population	1,301	560
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$55,104
Median home value	$106,000	$62,700
Median gross rent	$685	—
Housing units	618	281
Homeownership rate	65.2%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latta	Little Rock
Population	1,219 → 1,301 (+6.7%)	848 → 560 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$32,692 → $45,500 (+39.2%)	$21,528 → $55,104 (+156.0%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $106,000 (+13.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$588 → $685 (+16.5%)	$609 → $632 (+3.8%)

Latta

Population

1,2191,301

Median household income

$32,692$45,500

Median home value

$93,700$106,000

Median gross rent

$588$685

Little Rock

Population

848560

Median household income

$21,528$55,104

Median gross rent

$609$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latta	Little Rock
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	13.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	18.9%
75 and over	11.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latta	Little Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	22.1%
Black or African American	30.8%	57.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latta	Little Rock
No high school diploma	13.3%	61.2%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	4.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latta	Little Rock
Drove alone	75.5%	43.0%
Carpooled	15.8%	40.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latta	Little Rock
1-unit, detached	83.8%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	50.2%

Poverty & households

	Latta	Little Rock
Poverty rate	27.0%	51.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1970	1993