About Lakeview

Lakeview is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 756 people and just one neighborhood, Lakeview is the 222nd largest community in Arkansas.

Lakeview is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lakeview is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakeview who work in sales jobs (19.23%), management occupations (10.10%), and office and administrative support jobs (8.65%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Lakeview is a major retirement destination. In fact, people 65 and over make up 35.71% of the population. For those considering a place to retire, Lakeview may be a good choice because much of the city's services and social community are oriented toward the over-65 demographic.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lakeview spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.88 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small city, Lakeview does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lakeview Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Lakeview who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.34% of the adults in Lakeview have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lakeview in 2000 was $16,667, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,668 for a family of four.

The people who call Lakeview home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lakeview is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lakeview include German, English, Irish, Polish, Norwegian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lakeview is English.