Gower vs Lathrop

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

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

Lathrop has the higher population (2,646 vs 1,677 in Gower). Gower has the higher median household income ($80,057 vs $76,468 in Lathrop). Gower has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $156,500 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Gower	Lathrop
Population	1,677	2,646
Median age	34.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,057	$76,468
Median home value	$189,900	$156,500
Median gross rent	$820	$850
Housing units	625	977
Homeownership rate	86.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gower	Lathrop
Population	1,617 → 1,677 (+3.7%)	2,184 → 2,646 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$51,111 → $80,057 (+56.6%)	$67,679 → $76,468 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $189,900 (+64.3%)	$124,800 → $156,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $820 (+1.1%)	$763 → $850 (+11.4%)

Gower

Population

1,6171,677

Median household income

$51,111$80,057

Median home value

$115,600$189,900

Median gross rent

$811$820

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)

	Gower	Lathrop
Under 5	10.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	13.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.2%
75 and over	9.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gower	Lathrop
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gower	Lathrop
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gower	Lathrop
Drove alone	79.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gower	Lathrop
1-unit, detached	87.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gower	Lathrop
Poverty rate	12.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1975	1976