Aurora Springs vs Lake Ozark

A side-by-side comparison of Aurora Springs and Lake Ozark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Ozark has the higher population (2,451 vs 341 in Aurora Springs). Lake Ozark has the higher median household income ($80,476 vs $75,573 in Aurora Springs). Since 2019, Aurora Springs's population has grown faster (+120.0% vs +31.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
Population	341	2,451
Median age	26.1 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,573	$80,476
Median home value	—	$308,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,017
Housing units	107	1,895
Homeownership rate	35.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
Population	155 → 341 (+120.0%)	1,858 → 2,451 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$20,750 → $75,573 (+264.2%)	$64,881 → $80,476 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$185,000 → $179,700 (-2.9%)	$297,400 → $308,700 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$794 → $1,017 (+28.1%)

Aurora Springs

Population

155341

Median household income

$20,750$75,573

Median home value

$185,000$179,700

Lake Ozark

Population

1,8582,451

Median household income

$64,881$80,476

Median home value

$297,400$308,700

Median gross rent

$794$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
Under 5	21.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	14.1%
75 and over	5.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	12.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
Drove alone	83.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
1-unit, detached	63.6%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	27.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Aurora Springs	Lake Ozark
Poverty rate	29.9%	15.8%
Average household size	3.19	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1990	1991