Lamar vs Lamar Heights

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

Lamar and Lamar Heights 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 127 in Lamar Heights). Lamar Heights has the higher median household income ($38,958 vs $34,894 in Lamar). Lamar Heights has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $114,800 in Lamar).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
Population	4,290	127
Median age	39.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,894	$38,958
Median home value	$114,800	$260,000
Median gross rent	$830	$754
Housing units	2,046	57
Homeownership rate	51.3%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
Population	4,303 → 4,290 (-0.3%)	179 → 127 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$32,402 → $34,894 (+7.7%)	$38,750 → $38,958 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $114,800 (+28.1%)	$142,200 → $260,000 (+82.8%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $830 (+48.0%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Lamar

Population

4,3034,290

Median household income

$32,402$34,894

Median home value

$89,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$561$830

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)

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
Under 5	3.9%	15.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	3.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	18.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.8%
75 and over	7.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
No high school diploma	12.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
Drove alone	91.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
1-unit, detached	84.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Lamar Heights
Poverty rate	33.3%	29.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	10
Median year structure built	1970	1977