Bates City vs Lake Lafayette

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

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

Lake Lafayette has the higher population (227 vs 183 in Bates City). Bates City has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $34,375 in Lake Lafayette). Bates City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $76,600 in Lake Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
Population	183	227
Median age	43.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$34,375
Median home value	$212,500	$76,600
Median gross rent	$1,268	—
Housing units	76	109
Homeownership rate	72.6%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
Population	203 → 183 (-9.9%)	255 → 227 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $83,333 (+53.8%)	$29,038 → $34,375 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)	$54,500 → $76,600 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,268 (+25.0%)	$1,031 → $1,000 (-3.0%)

Bates City

Population

203183

Median household income

$54,167$83,333

Median home value

$120,800$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,268

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)

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
Under 5	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	17.2%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	0.4%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
No high school diploma	9.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
Drove alone	77.1%	69.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	21.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
1-unit, detached	72.4%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Bates City	Lake Lafayette
Poverty rate	3.3%	39.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1985	1986