Lamar Heights vs Mindenmines

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

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

Mindenmines has the higher population (362 vs 127 in Lamar Heights). Lamar Heights has the higher median household income ($38,958 vs $23,088 in Mindenmines). Lamar Heights has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $47,600 in Mindenmines).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
Population	127	362
Median age	31.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,958	$23,088
Median home value	$260,000	$47,600
Median gross rent	$754	$386
Housing units	57	199
Homeownership rate	52.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
Population	179 → 127 (-29.1%)	331 → 362 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $38,958 (+0.5%)	$30,833 → $23,088 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $260,000 (+82.8%)	$42,300 → $47,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)	$369 → $386 (+4.6%)

Lamar Heights

Population

179127

Median household income

$38,750$38,958

Median home value

$142,200$260,000

Median gross rent

$725$754

Mindenmines

Population

331362

Median household income

$30,833$23,088

Median home value

$42,300$47,600

Median gross rent

$369$386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
Under 5	15.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	3.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	18.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.1%
75 and over	11.8%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
No high school diploma	16.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	45.6%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
Drove alone	75.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	23.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
1-unit, detached	78.9%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Lamar Heights	Mindenmines
Poverty rate	29.9%	35.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	10	21
Median year structure built	1977	1953