Lake Tapawingo vs Unity Village

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

Lake Tapawingo and Unity Village 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 107 in Unity Village). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median household income ($102,708 vs $61,250 in Unity Village). Since 2019, Unity Village's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
Population	754	107
Median age	59.3 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,708	$61,250
Median home value	$348,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,688	$863
Housing units	402	43
Homeownership rate	96.0%	2.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
Population	825 → 754 (-8.6%)	90 → 107 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)	$41,042 → $61,250 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$777 → $863 (+11.1%)

Lake Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

Unity Village

Population

90107

Median household income

$41,042$61,250

Median gross rent

$777$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
Under 5	3.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	8.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	18.7%
25 to 34	4.0%	20.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	19.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	25.7%	1.9%
75 and over	14.3%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	56.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
Drove alone	78.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	16.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
1-unit, detached	99.0%	46.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	39.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Tapawingo	Unity Village
Poverty rate	5.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	13
Median year structure built	1955	1956