Golden City vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Golden City and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden City and Lamar are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lamar has the higher population (4,290 vs 644 in Golden City). Golden City has the higher median household income ($38,500 vs $34,894 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $81,700 in Golden City).

Population, income & housing

	Golden City	Lamar
Population	644	4,290
Median age	49.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,500	$34,894
Median home value	$81,700	$114,800
Median gross rent	$707	$830
Housing units	356	2,046
Homeownership rate	67.6%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden City	Lamar
Population	703 → 644 (-8.4%)	4,303 → 4,290 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$37,857 → $38,500 (+1.7%)	$32,402 → $34,894 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$46,200 → $81,700 (+76.8%)	$89,600 → $114,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $707 (+32.1%)	$561 → $830 (+48.0%)

Golden City

Population

703644

Median household income

$37,857$38,500

Median home value

$46,200$81,700

Median gross rent

$535$707

Lamar

Population

4,3034,290

Median household income

$32,402$34,894

Median home value

$89,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$561$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden City	Lamar
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.6%
75 and over	12.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden City	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden City	Lamar
No high school diploma	9.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	47.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden City	Lamar
Drove alone	87.9%	91.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden City	Lamar
1-unit, detached	84.8%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Golden City	Lamar
Poverty rate	22.0%	33.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1962	1970