Lanagan vs Southwest City

A side-by-side comparison of Lanagan and Southwest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwest City has the higher population (845 vs 425 in Lanagan). Lanagan has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $38,750 in Southwest City). Lanagan has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $67,200 in Southwest City).

Population, income & housing

	Lanagan	Southwest City
Population	425	845
Median age	34.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$38,750
Median home value	$80,000	$67,200
Median gross rent	$513	$555
Housing units	212	361
Homeownership rate	40.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanagan	Southwest City
Population	438 → 425 (-3.0%)	1,056 → 845 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $43,125 (+33.5%)	$41,250 → $38,750 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $80,000 (+68.4%)	$82,100 → $67,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$442 → $513 (+16.1%)	$688 → $555 (-19.3%)

Lanagan

Population

438425

Median household income

$32,292$43,125

Median home value

$47,500$80,000

Median gross rent

$442$513

Southwest City

Population

1,056845

Median household income

$41,250$38,750

Median home value

$82,100$67,200

Median gross rent

$688$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanagan	Southwest City
Under 5	2.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	25.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	3.1%
75 and over	2.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanagan	Southwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	26.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	5.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanagan	Southwest City
No high school diploma	37.2%	37.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanagan	Southwest City
Drove alone	82.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanagan	Southwest City
1-unit, detached	55.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Lanagan	Southwest City
Poverty rate	19.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1963	1985