Lake Lafayette vs Napoleon

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

Lake Lafayette and Napoleon 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 214 in Napoleon). Napoleon has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $34,375 in Lake Lafayette). Napoleon has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $76,600 in Lake Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
Population	227	214
Median age	49.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,375	$91,875
Median home value	$76,600	$179,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	109	95
Homeownership rate	96.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
Population	255 → 227 (-11.0%)	189 → 214 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$29,038 → $34,375 (+18.4%)	$62,917 → $91,875 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $76,600 (+40.6%)	$161,600 → $179,700 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,031 → $1,000 (-3.0%)	$840 → $1,000 (+19.0%)

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

Napoleon

Population

189214

Median household income

$62,917$91,875

Median home value

$161,600$179,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	1.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	15.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	60.5%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
Drove alone	69.4%	75.4%
Carpooled	21.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	64.2%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Lafayette	Napoleon
Poverty rate	39.6%	1.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1986	1963