Lamar vs Mindenmines

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

Lamar and Mindenmines 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 362 in Mindenmines). Lamar has the higher median household income ($34,894 vs $23,088 in Mindenmines). Lamar has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $47,600 in Mindenmines).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Mindenmines
Population	4,290	362
Median age	39.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,894	$23,088
Median home value	$114,800	$47,600
Median gross rent	$830	$386
Housing units	2,046	199
Homeownership rate	51.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Mindenmines
Population	4,303 → 4,290 (-0.3%)	331 → 362 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$32,402 → $34,894 (+7.7%)	$30,833 → $23,088 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $114,800 (+28.1%)	$42,300 → $47,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $830 (+48.0%)	$369 → $386 (+4.6%)

Lamar

Population

4,3034,290

Median household income

$32,402$34,894

Median home value

$89,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$561$830

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	Mindenmines
Under 5	3.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.1%
75 and over	7.3%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Mindenmines
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Mindenmines
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Mindenmines
Drove alone	91.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Mindenmines
1-unit, detached	84.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Mindenmines
Poverty rate	33.3%	35.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1970	1953