Lake St. Clair vs Stanton

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

Lake St. Clair and Stanton 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 307 in Stanton). Lake St. Clair has the higher median home value ($219,300 vs $167,500 in Stanton). Since 2019, Stanton's population has grown faster (+23.3% vs -3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
Population	670	307
Median age	35.2 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,392	—
Median home value	$219,300	$167,500
Housing units	290	148
Homeownership rate	92.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
Population	692 → 670 (-3.2%)	249 → 307 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$58,813 → $80,392 (+36.7%)	$28,750 → $39,375 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$177,700 → $219,300 (+23.4%)	$112,800 → $167,500 (+48.5%)

Lake St. Clair

Population

692670

Median household income

$58,813$80,392

Median home value

$177,700$219,300

Stanton

Population

249307

Median household income

$28,750$39,375

Median home value

$112,800$167,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
Under 5	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	1.6%	24.4%
55 to 64	25.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.8%
75 and over	2.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.4%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
Drove alone	93.3%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.9%
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	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake St. Clair	Stanton
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	44	19
Median year structure built	2002	1983