Golden City vs Lamar Heights

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

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

Golden City has the higher population (644 vs 127 in Lamar Heights). Lamar Heights has the higher median household income ($38,958 vs $38,500 in Golden City). Lamar Heights has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $81,700 in Golden City).

Population, income & housing

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
Population	644	127
Median age	49.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,500	$38,958
Median home value	$81,700	$260,000
Median gross rent	$707	$754
Housing units	356	57
Homeownership rate	67.6%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
Population	703 → 644 (-8.4%)	179 → 127 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$37,857 → $38,500 (+1.7%)	$38,750 → $38,958 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$46,200 → $81,700 (+76.8%)	$142,200 → $260,000 (+82.8%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $707 (+32.1%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Golden City

Population

703644

Median household income

$37,857$38,500

Median home value

$46,200$81,700

Median gross rent

$535$707

Lamar Heights

Population

179127

Median household income

$38,750$38,958

Median home value

$142,200$260,000

Median gross rent

$725$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
Under 5	4.5%	15.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	3.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	18.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	6.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.8%
75 and over	12.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	47.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
Drove alone	87.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
1-unit, detached	84.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden City	Lamar Heights
Poverty rate	22.0%	29.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	10
Median year structure built	1962	1977