Gerald vs Lake St. Clair

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

Gerald 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.

Gerald has the higher population (1,264 vs 670 in Lake St. Clair). Lake St. Clair has the higher median household income ($80,392 vs $56,250 in Gerald). Lake St. Clair has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $141,400 in Gerald).

Population, income & housing

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
Population	1,264	670
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$80,392
Median home value	$141,400	$219,300
Median gross rent	$847	—
Housing units	565	290
Homeownership rate	66.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
Population	1,280 → 1,264 (-1.3%)	692 → 670 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$43,875 → $56,250 (+28.2%)	$58,813 → $80,392 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $141,400 (+25.5%)	$177,700 → $219,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $847 (+29.9%)	—

Gerald

Population

1,2801,264

Median household income

$43,875$56,250

Median home value

$112,700$141,400

Median gross rent

$652$847

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)

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
Under 5	3.6%	12.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	1.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	25.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	8.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	40.6%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
Drove alone	79.0%	93.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
1-unit, detached	67.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gerald	Lake St. Clair
Poverty rate	16.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	33	44
Median year structure built	1977	2002