Gallatin vs Lake Viking

A side-by-side comparison of Gallatin and Lake Viking: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallatin has the higher population (1,722 vs 329 in Lake Viking). Lake Viking has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $43,322 in Gallatin). Lake Viking has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $126,400 in Gallatin).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
Population	1,722	329
Median age	36.8 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,322	$68,819
Median home value	$126,400	$294,800
Median gross rent	$761	—
Housing units	898	518
Homeownership rate	59.5%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
Population	1,597 → 1,722 (+7.8%)	434 → 329 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$38,929 → $43,322 (+11.3%)	$55,208 → $68,819 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $126,400 (+51.7%)	$235,400 → $294,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $761 (+39.9%)	—

Gallatin

Population

1,5971,722

Median household income

$38,929$43,322

Median home value

$83,300$126,400

Median gross rent

$544$761

Lake Viking

Population

434329

Median household income

$55,208$68,819

Median home value

$235,400$294,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
Under 5	6.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	7.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	28.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	16.1%
75 and over	7.5%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
Drove alone	77.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
1-unit, detached	74.2%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin	Lake Viking
Poverty rate	24.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1969	1995