Indian Lake vs Steelville

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Lake and Steelville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steelville has the higher population (1,410 vs 1,075 in Indian Lake). Indian Lake has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $32,404 in Steelville). Indian Lake has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $82,500 in Steelville).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Steelville
Population	1,075	1,410
Median age	56.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$32,404
Median home value	$184,000	$82,500
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	833	720
Homeownership rate	98.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Steelville
Population	1,174 → 1,075 (-8.4%)	1,728 → 1,410 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$92,984 → $89,583 (-3.7%)	$33,015 → $32,404 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $184,000 (+52.3%)	$86,200 → $82,500 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$607 → $683 (+12.5%)

Indian Lake

Population

1,1741,075

Median household income

$92,984$89,583

Median home value

$120,800$184,000

Steelville

Population

1,7281,410

Median household income

$33,015$32,404

Median home value

$86,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$607$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Steelville
Under 5	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	25.9%	16.2%
75 and over	10.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Steelville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Steelville
No high school diploma	12.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Steelville
Drove alone	74.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	23.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Steelville
1-unit, detached	89.4%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Steelville
Poverty rate	21.4%	25.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1976	1976