Berger vs Lake St. Clair

A side-by-side comparison of Berger and Lake St. Clair: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake St. Clair has the higher population (670 vs 188 in Berger). Lake St. Clair has the higher median household income ($80,392 vs $55,208 in Berger). Lake St. Clair has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $86,800 in Berger).

Population, income & housing

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
Population	188	670
Median age	43.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,208	$80,392
Median home value	$86,800	$219,300
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	102	290
Homeownership rate	79.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
Population	176 → 188 (+6.8%)	692 → 670 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $55,208 (+38.0%)	$58,813 → $80,392 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $86,800 (+10.4%)	$177,700 → $219,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)	—

Berger

Population

176188

Median household income

$40,000$55,208

Median home value

$78,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$725$825

Lake St. Clair

Population

692670

Median household income

$58,813$80,392

Median home value

$177,700$219,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
Under 5	6.4%	12.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	20.2%	1.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	25.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.1%
75 and over	5.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
Drove alone	88.3%	93.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
1-unit, detached	76.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berger	Lake St. Clair
Poverty rate	21.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	44
Median year structure built	1951	2002