Blue Summit vs Tarsney Lakes

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

Blue Summit and Tarsney Lakes 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 275 in Tarsney Lakes). Since 2019, Blue Summit's population has grown faster (+177.9% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
Population	1,145	275
Median age	29.1 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,016	—
Median home value	$34,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,111	$528
Housing units	364	221
Homeownership rate	57.2%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
Population	412 → 1,145 (+177.9%)	261 → 275 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$51,531 → $57,016 (+10.6%)	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $34,900 (-35.6%)	$72,500 → $87,500 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,111 (+22.5%)	$429 → $528 (+23.1%)

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

Tarsney Lakes

Population

261275

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Median home value

$72,500$87,500

Median gross rent

$429$528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	4.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	1.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	2.9%
35 to 44	25.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	27.6%
55 to 64	2.4%	44.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.2%
75 and over	1.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	80.7%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	18.2%
Two or more races	16.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
No high school diploma	43.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	18.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
Drove alone	45.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	22.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	28.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
1-unit, detached	32.4%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
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%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Summit	Tarsney Lakes
Poverty rate	34.0%	34.5%
Average household size	3.58	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	50
Median year structure built	1982	1950