Lake View vs Laughlin AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Lake View and Laughlin AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake View and Laughlin AFB are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laughlin AFB has the higher population (1,888 vs 302 in Lake View). Since 2019, Lake View's population has grown faster (+202.0% vs -15.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
Population	302	1,888
Median age	52.6 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,045
Median home value	$166,700	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,416
Housing units	119	616
Homeownership rate	90.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
Population	100 → 302 (+202.0%)	2,244 → 1,888 (-15.9%)
Median household income	—	$67,059 → $73,045 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$165,500 → $166,700 (+0.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,202 → $1,416 (+17.8%)

Lake View

Population

100302

Median home value

$165,500$166,700

Laughlin AFB

Population

2,2441,888

Median household income

$67,059$73,045

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
Under 5	6.6%	10.6%
5 to 17	31.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	40.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	25.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	1.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	0.7%
65 to 74	21.2%	0.3%
75 and over	6.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	69.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
No high school diploma	16.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	24.5%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
Drove alone	42.3%	64.3%
Carpooled	57.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
1-unit, detached	32.8%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	70.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	67.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Laughlin AFB
Poverty rate	55.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	8
Median year structure built	2001	1968