Lake Viking vs Winston

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

Lake Viking and Winston 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 153 in Winston). Lake Viking has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $50,500 in Winston). Lake Viking has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $64,500 in Winston).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Viking	Winston
Population	329	153
Median age	62.9 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$50,500
Median home value	$294,800	$64,500
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	518	75
Homeownership rate	98.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Viking	Winston
Population	434 → 329 (-24.2%)	214 → 153 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $68,819 (+24.7%)	$40,000 → $50,500 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$235,400 → $294,800 (+25.2%)	$61,700 → $64,500 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $742 (-3.3%)

Lake Viking

Population

434329

Median household income

$55,208$68,819

Median home value

$235,400$294,800

Winston

Population

214153

Median household income

$40,000$50,500

Median home value

$61,700$64,500

Median gross rent

$767$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Viking	Winston
Under 5	1.2%	13.7%
5 to 17	7.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	19.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	4.6%
55 to 64	28.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	16.1%	7.2%
75 and over	26.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Viking	Winston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Viking	Winston
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Viking	Winston
Drove alone	79.3%	64.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Viking	Winston
1-unit, detached	84.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Viking	Winston
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1995	1938