Greenwood vs Lake Lotawana

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (6,000 vs 2,378 in Lake Lotawana). Lake Lotawana has the higher median household income ($162,188 vs $104,638 in Greenwood). Lake Lotawana has the higher median home value ($550,000 vs $263,300 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
Population	6,000	2,378
Median age	37.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,638	$162,188
Median home value	$263,300	$550,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,682
Housing units	2,193	1,258
Homeownership rate	90.9%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
Population	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)	2,120 → 2,378 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)	$104,333 → $162,188 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)	$385,500 → $550,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)	$1,289 → $1,682 (+30.5%)

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

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)

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	17.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.9%
75 and over	2.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	79.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	21.8%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
Drove alone	71.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	21.2%
Other means	10.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
1-unit, detached	99.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Lake Lotawana
Poverty rate	2.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1995	1974