Lone Jack vs Sugar Creek

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

Lone Jack 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 1,487 in Lone Jack). Lone Jack has the higher median household income ($116,328 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Lone Jack has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
Population	1,487	3,261
Median age	32.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$116,328	$57,467
Median home value	$307,400	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,197	$936
Housing units	467	1,559
Homeownership rate	89.7%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
Population	1,371 → 1,487 (+8.5%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$86,786 → $116,328 (+34.0%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $307,400 (+54.2%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,197 (+16.7%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

Lone Jack

Population

1,3711,487

Median household income

$86,786$116,328

Median home value

$199,300$307,400

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,197

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)

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
Under 5	9.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	27.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.4%
75 and over	2.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	3.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	1.8%	18.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	84.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	92.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lone Jack	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.7%
Average household size	3.18	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	2005	1953