Indian Lake vs West Sullivan

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

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

Indian Lake has the higher population (1,075 vs 252 in West Sullivan). Indian Lake has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $49,500 in West Sullivan). Indian Lake has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $133,300 in West Sullivan).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
Population	1,075	252
Median age	56.6 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$49,500
Median home value	$184,000	$133,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,217
Housing units	833	104
Homeownership rate	98.8%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
Population	1,174 → 1,075 (-8.4%)	226 → 252 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$92,984 → $89,583 (-3.7%)	$41,250 → $49,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $184,000 (+52.3%)	$92,100 → $133,300 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$815 → $1,217 (+49.3%)

Indian Lake

Population

1,1741,075

Median household income

$92,984$89,583

Median home value

$120,800$184,000

West Sullivan

Population

226252

Median household income

$41,250$49,500

Median home value

$92,100$133,300

Median gross rent

$815$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
Under 5	0.8%	11.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	23.0%
25 to 34	4.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	4.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	4.0%
65 to 74	25.9%	11.1%
75 and over	10.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
No high school diploma	12.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
Drove alone	74.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	23.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
1-unit, detached	89.4%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	35.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	West Sullivan
Poverty rate	21.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1976	2002