Jamesport vs Lake Viking

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

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

Jamesport has the higher population (628 vs 329 in Lake Viking). Lake Viking has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $46,875 in Jamesport). Lake Viking has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $76,900 in Jamesport).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
Population	628	329
Median age	40.8 yrs	62.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$68,819
Median home value	$76,900	$294,800
Median gross rent	$450	—
Housing units	294	518
Homeownership rate	69.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
Population	486 → 628 (+29.2%)	434 → 329 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$35,729 → $46,875 (+31.2%)	$55,208 → $68,819 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $76,900 (+1.6%)	$235,400 → $294,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $450 (-5.3%)	—

Jamesport

Population

486628

Median household income

$35,729$46,875

Median home value

$75,700$76,900

Median gross rent

$475$450

Lake Viking

Population

434329

Median household income

$55,208$68,819

Median home value

$235,400$294,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
Under 5	4.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	28.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	16.1%
75 and over	6.2%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
No high school diploma	13.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	53.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
Drove alone	71.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
1-unit, detached	73.1%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Jamesport	Lake Viking
Poverty rate	11.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1967	1995