Lake Tapawingo vs Sugar Creek

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

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

Sugar Creek has the higher population (3,261 vs 754 in Lake Tapawingo). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median household income ($102,708 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
Population	754	3,261
Median age	59.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,708	$57,467
Median home value	$348,700	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,688	$936
Housing units	402	1,559
Homeownership rate	96.0%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
Population	825 → 754 (-8.6%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

Lake Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
Under 5	3.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	25.7%	10.4%
75 and over	14.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	1.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	78.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	99.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tapawingo	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1955	1953