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City in Arkansas, United StatesLamar is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lamar had a population of 1,719.
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Housing in Lamar
The typical Lamar home is worth about $198,000, up 6% in a year, 13% below the Arkansas typical home.
Safety in Lamar
Safety Grade B
Lamar reports less crime per resident than 58% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Lamar
Health Grade C−
Healthier than 20% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 47% of towns with similar incomes.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 31 are too close to call.
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Schools in Lamar
All Lamar schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Lamar’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AR. Ratings are from neighbors.
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