Lake Viking vs Pattonsburg

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

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

Lake Viking has the higher population (329 vs 244 in Pattonsburg). Lake Viking has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $41,563 in Pattonsburg). Lake Viking has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $65,000 in Pattonsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
Population	329	244
Median age	62.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$41,563
Median home value	$294,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	518	89
Homeownership rate	98.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
Population	434 → 329 (-24.2%)	318 → 244 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $68,819 (+24.7%)	$37,083 → $41,563 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$235,400 → $294,800 (+25.2%)	$63,300 → $65,000 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $525 (+10.5%)

Lake Viking

Population

434329

Median household income

$55,208$68,819

Median home value

$235,400$294,800

Pattonsburg

Population

318244

Median household income

$37,083$41,563

Median home value

$63,300$65,000

Median gross rent

$475$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
Under 5	1.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.0%	3.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	20.5%
35 to 44	5.2%	24.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	4.1%
55 to 64	28.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.0%
75 and over	26.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
No high school diploma	5.5%	33.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
Drove alone	79.3%	92.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
1-unit, detached	84.9%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Viking	Pattonsburg
Poverty rate	10.6%	17.5%
Average household size	2.02	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1995	1990