Lake ViewAR
A town of 284, settled in 1906.
Is Lake View a good place to live?
Lake View’s midpoint age is 55.1 years, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 36.6 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Among 123 Arkansas towns, just one has a lower rent at the middle of the market than Lake View. Lakeview Resettlement Project Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lake View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
284 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Lake View: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake View, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake View.
Compared with most of Arkansas and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Lake View is longer
A fifth of Lake View residents live below the poverty line, though the income of the median household for Lake View comes to $28,000, below both Arkansas’ towns ($55,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Half commute less than 60 miles. The top destinations are Helena-West Helena (14%), Little Rock (7%) and Olive Branch (7%).
| Lake View | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $28,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 18% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Lake View is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects here, 33% come from inland flooding and 26% from earthquakes. Lake View’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 70 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lake View has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Lake View’s adults binge drink than in the typical Arkansas or U.S. town
Among adults 18 to 64 in Lake View, 14% have no health insurance. No town among the 124 in Arkansas we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Lake View. Just over half of adults in the town have obesity; 24% have diabetes. Only 4 of the 124 Arkansas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Lake View.
| Lake View | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 25% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 51% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lake View | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 9.3% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.9% | 8.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 23% | 10.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Lake View
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake View
About 2 of every 100 Lake View residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
100% of working residents leave Lake View for work
Where Lake View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake View
Place in Arkansas, United States
Lake View is a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake View had a population of 327. There is also a Lakeview in Baxter County. The original settlement name was "Turkey Scratch" from the 1850s until the town was renamed in the 1920s. When the town was re-established in 1937, Lake View became one of three communities in Arkansas to be reserved for black farm families by the Resettlement Administration. It is one of the few communities in the U.S. with an African-American percentage at over 90 percent of the population.
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- Area
- 5.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 167 ft
Questions about Lake View
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake View, AR a good place to live?
Lake View has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.