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Lavaca city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Lavaca city is a Census city of 2,489 people across 2.22 square miles of land, in Sebastian County. Median household income is $80,924, 72.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,000.
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Lavaca
What Lavaca is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.22 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,120
- County holding the largest share of its areaSebastian County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavaca
How many people live in Lavaca
- Population2,489
- Median age32.3
- Population under 18794 plus or minus 211
- Share under 1831.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Population 65 and over250 plus or minus 63
- Share 65 and over10.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Households907
- Family households642
- Share of households that are families70.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavaca
Income and work in Lavaca
- Median household income$80,924
- Per capita income$32,273
- Civilian labor force1,283
- Employed1,244
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 34
- Unemployment rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over1,503
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.4 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavaca
Housing in Lavaca
- Housing units1,041
- Occupied units907
- Vacant units134 plus or minus 88
- Vacancy rate12.9 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied655
- Renter occupied252 plus or minus 108
- Ownership rate72.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$162,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$923
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent
- Single family units758
- Share single family72.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more118 plus or minus 79
- Share in buildings of two or more11.3 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes165 plus or minus 88
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavaca
How Lavaca gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,202
- Commuting under 15 minutes218 plus or minus 89
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.1 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more377 plus or minus 125
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.4 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Drove alone84.1 percent
- Carpooled11.7 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home3.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lavaca
SBA loans in Lavaca (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$75,000
- Largest approval$75,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term96 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sebastian County, not Lavaca
Sebastian County context, not Lavaca figures
These are Sebastian County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lavaca measurements.
- Establishments in Sebastian County3,398
- Employment at those establishments, Sebastian County60,727
- Covered employment, Sebastian County67,665
- Average annual pay, Sebastian County$55,173
- Average weekly wage, Sebastian County$1,061
- Housing units permitted, Sebastian County385
- Of those, single family, Sebastian County234
- County product, 2024, Sebastian County$9,255,242,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sebastian County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sebastian County$47,340
Every figure in this section is published for Sebastian County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lavaca. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lavaca questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lavaca, Arkansas?
2,489, in 907 households. Lavaca city covers 2.22 square miles of land, which is 1,120 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lavaca in?
Sebastian County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lavaca?
$80,924. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $162,300. Median gross rent is $923 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lavaca businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $150,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lavaca, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lavaca borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lavaca. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lavaca figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sebastian County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lavaca.
Is zoning published for Lavaca?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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