Big Lake vs Mound City

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Mound City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mound City has the higher population (1,103 vs 67 in Big Lake). Mound City has the higher median household income ($60,735 vs $57,917 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($195,800 vs $124,700 in Mound City).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Mound City
Population	67	1,103
Median age	61.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$60,735
Median home value	$195,800	$124,700
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	258	575
Homeownership rate	97.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Mound City
Population	95 → 67 (-29.5%)	1,040 → 1,103 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $57,917 (+23.2%)	$53,611 → $60,735 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$176,000 → $195,800 (+11.3%)	$85,700 → $124,700 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$448 → $675 (+50.7%)

Big Lake

Population

9567

Median household income

$47,000$57,917

Median home value

$176,000$195,800

Mound City

Population

1,0401,103

Median household income

$53,611$60,735

Median home value

$85,700$124,700

Median gross rent

$448$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Mound City
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	4.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	3.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	49.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.8%
75 and over	14.9%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Mound City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Mound City
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Mound City
Drove alone	65.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Mound City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Mound City
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.7%
Average household size	1.56	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	17
Median year structure built	2000	1969