Lake Tapawingo vs Tarsney Lakes

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

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

Lake Tapawingo has the higher population (754 vs 275 in Tarsney Lakes). Since 2019, Tarsney Lakes's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
Population	754	275
Median age	59.3 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,708	—
Median home value	$348,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,688	$528
Housing units	402	221
Homeownership rate	96.0%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
Population	825 → 754 (-8.6%)	261 → 275 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)	$72,500 → $87,500 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$429 → $528 (+23.1%)

Lake Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

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)

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	4.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	2.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	27.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	44.7%
65 to 74	25.7%	6.2%
75 and over	14.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
Drove alone	78.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	28.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
1-unit, detached	99.0%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tapawingo	Tarsney Lakes
Poverty rate	5.3%	34.5%
Average household size	2.02	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	50
Median year structure built	1955	1950