Alma vs Lake Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Lake Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alma has the higher population (466 vs 227 in Lake Lafayette). Alma has the higher median household income ($72,656 vs $34,375 in Lake Lafayette). Alma has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $76,600 in Lake Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
Population	466	227
Median age	40.0 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,656	$34,375
Median home value	$134,900	$76,600
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	222	109
Homeownership rate	87.2%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
Population	467 → 466 (-0.2%)	255 → 227 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $72,656 (+25.4%)	$29,038 → $34,375 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $134,900 (+44.3%)	$54,500 → $76,600 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $842 (-19.0%)	$1,031 → $1,000 (-3.0%)

Alma

Population

467466

Median household income

$57,917$72,656

Median home value

$93,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$1,039$842

Lake Lafayette

Population

255227

Median household income

$29,038$34,375

Median home value

$54,500$76,600

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
Under 5	0.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	17.2%
75 and over	14.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
No high school diploma	6.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
Drove alone	87.7%	69.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	21.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
1-unit, detached	92.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Lake Lafayette
Poverty rate	10.5%	39.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1971	1986