Lake Lotawana vs Lake Tapawingo

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

Lake Lotawana and Lake Tapawingo 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 754 in Lake Tapawingo). Lake Lotawana has the higher median household income ($162,188 vs $102,708 in Lake Tapawingo). Lake Lotawana has the higher median home value ($550,000 vs $348,700 in Lake Tapawingo).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
Population	2,378	754
Median age	46.8 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$162,188	$102,708
Median home value	$550,000	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,682	$1,688
Housing units	1,258	402
Homeownership rate	91.1%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
Population	2,120 → 2,378 (+12.2%)	825 → 754 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$104,333 → $162,188 (+55.5%)	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$385,500 → $550,000 (+42.7%)	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,682 (+30.5%)	—

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

Lake Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
Under 5	7.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	25.7%
75 and over	7.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	16.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
Drove alone	74.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Lake Lotawana	Lake Tapawingo
Poverty rate	1.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1974	1955