Cameron vs Lathrop

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Lathrop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cameron has the higher population (8,721 vs 2,646 in Lathrop). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($76,468 vs $56,090 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $156,500 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Lathrop
Population	8,721	2,646
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,090	$76,468
Median home value	$178,300	$156,500
Median gross rent	$1,042	$850
Housing units	3,205	977
Homeownership rate	54.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Lathrop
Population	9,665 → 8,721 (-9.8%)	2,184 → 2,646 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$50,544 → $56,090 (+11.0%)	$67,679 → $76,468 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $178,300 (+57.5%)	$124,800 → $156,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,042 (+31.2%)	$763 → $850 (+11.4%)

Cameron

Population

9,6658,721

Median household income

$50,544$56,090

Median home value

$113,200$178,300

Median gross rent

$794$1,042

Lathrop

Population

2,1842,646

Median household income

$67,679$76,468

Median home value

$124,800$156,500

Median gross rent

$763$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Lathrop
Under 5	4.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.1%
25 to 34	19.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Lathrop
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Lathrop
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	48.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Lathrop
Drove alone	75.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Lathrop
1-unit, detached	65.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Lathrop
Poverty rate	16.8%	17.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1977	1976