Chain-O-Lakes vs Emerald Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Chain-O-Lakes and Emerald Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Chain-O-Lakes and Emerald Beach are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emerald Beach has the higher population (207 vs 136 in Chain-O-Lakes). Emerald Beach has the higher median household income ($44,444 vs $25,500 in Chain-O-Lakes). Emerald Beach has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $164,500 in Chain-O-Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
Population	136	207
Median age	60.3 yrs	62.7 yrs
Median household income	$25,500	$44,444
Median home value	$164,500	$186,400
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	108	206
Homeownership rate	92.6%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
Population	86 → 136 (+58.1%)	151 → 207 (+37.1%)
Median household income	$25,950 → $25,500 (-1.7%)	$49,375 → $44,444 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $164,500 (+2.6%)	$129,700 → $186,400 (+43.7%)

Chain-O-Lakes

Population

86136

Median household income

$25,950$25,500

Median home value

$160,400$164,500

Emerald Beach

Population

151207

Median household income

$49,375$44,444

Median home value

$129,700$186,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
Under 5	0.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	4.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	20.6%	30.4%
75 and over	17.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	42.3%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
Drove alone	100.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
1-unit, detached	89.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Chain-O-Lakes	Emerald Beach
Poverty rate	58.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1976	1988