Eldon vs Lake Ozark

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

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

Eldon has the higher population (4,486 vs 2,451 in Lake Ozark). Lake Ozark has the higher median household income ($80,476 vs $39,202 in Eldon). Lake Ozark has the higher median home value ($308,700 vs $116,900 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
Population	4,486	2,451
Median age	41.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,202	$80,476
Median home value	$116,900	$308,700
Median gross rent	$809	$1,017
Housing units	2,294	1,895
Homeownership rate	70.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
Population	4,636 → 4,486 (-3.2%)	1,858 → 2,451 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$37,885 → $39,202 (+3.5%)	$64,881 → $80,476 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $116,900 (+39.8%)	$297,400 → $308,700 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $809 (+17.8%)	$794 → $1,017 (+28.1%)

Eldon

Population

4,6364,486

Median household income

$37,885$39,202

Median home value

$83,600$116,900

Median gross rent

$687$809

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)

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	14.1%
75 and over	10.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	41.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
Drove alone	83.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.6%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
1-unit, detached	72.8%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	27.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eldon	Lake Ozark
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1976	1991