Gower vs Lake Arrowhead

A side-by-side comparison of Gower and Lake Arrowhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gower has the higher population (1,677 vs 123 in Lake Arrowhead). Gower has the higher median household income ($80,057 vs $33,125 in Lake Arrowhead). Gower has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $42,500 in Lake Arrowhead).

Population, income & housing

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
Population	1,677	123
Median age	34.4 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,057	$33,125
Median home value	$189,900	$42,500
Median gross rent	$820	—
Housing units	625	86
Homeownership rate	86.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
Population	1,617 → 1,677 (+3.7%)	212 → 123 (-42.0%)
Median household income	$51,111 → $80,057 (+56.6%)	$21,938 → $33,125 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $189,900 (+64.3%)	$81,200 → $42,500 (-47.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $820 (+1.1%)	—

Gower

Population

1,6171,677

Median household income

$51,111$80,057

Median home value

$115,600$189,900

Median gross rent

$811$820

Lake Arrowhead

Population

212123

Median household income

$21,938$33,125

Median home value

$81,200$42,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
Under 5	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	18.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	26.0%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
No high school diploma	3.2%	37.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
Drove alone	79.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
1-unit, detached	87.4%	7.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	93.0%

Poverty & households

	Gower	Lake Arrowhead
Poverty rate	12.0%	18.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1975	1990