Blue Summit vs Lake Lotawana

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Summit and Lake Lotawana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Lotawana has the higher population (2,378 vs 1,145 in Blue Summit). Lake Lotawana has the higher median household income ($162,188 vs $57,016 in Blue Summit). Lake Lotawana has the higher median home value ($550,000 vs $34,900 in Blue Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
Population	1,145	2,378
Median age	29.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,016	$162,188
Median home value	$34,900	$550,000
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,682
Housing units	364	1,258
Homeownership rate	57.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
Population	412 → 1,145 (+177.9%)	2,120 → 2,378 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$51,531 → $57,016 (+10.6%)	$104,333 → $162,188 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $34,900 (-35.6%)	$385,500 → $550,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,111 (+22.5%)	$1,289 → $1,682 (+30.5%)

Blue Summit

Population

4121,145

Median household income

$51,531$57,016

Median home value

$54,200$34,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,111

Lake Lotawana

Population

2,1202,378

Median household income

$104,333$162,188

Median home value

$385,500$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	25.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	2.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.9%
75 and over	1.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	79.1%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
No high school diploma	43.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.3%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
Drove alone	45.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	22.5%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
1-unit, detached	32.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	64.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Summit	Lake Lotawana
Poverty rate	34.0%	1.6%
Average household size	3.58	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1982	1974