Blue Summit vs Lake Tapawingo

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

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

Blue Summit has the higher population (1,145 vs 754 in Lake Tapawingo). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median household income ($102,708 vs $57,016 in Blue Summit). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $34,900 in Blue Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
Population	1,145	754
Median age	29.1 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,016	$102,708
Median home value	$34,900	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,688
Housing units	364	402
Homeownership rate	57.2%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
Population	412 → 1,145 (+177.9%)	825 → 754 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$51,531 → $57,016 (+10.6%)	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $34,900 (-35.6%)	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,111 (+22.5%)	—

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 Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
Under 5	7.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	25.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	4.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	2.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	25.7%
75 and over	1.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	94.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
No high school diploma	43.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	18.3%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
Drove alone	45.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	22.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
1-unit, detached	32.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Summit	Lake Tapawingo
Poverty rate	34.0%	5.3%
Average household size	3.58	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1982	1955