Lake Ozark vs St. Elizabeth

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

Lake Ozark and St. Elizabeth 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 592 in St. Elizabeth). St. Elizabeth has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $80,476 in Lake Ozark). Lake Ozark has the higher median home value ($308,700 vs $270,700 in St. Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
Population	2,451	592
Median age	48.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,476	$93,438
Median home value	$308,700	$270,700
Median gross rent	$1,017	—
Housing units	1,895	154
Homeownership rate	68.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
Population	1,858 → 2,451 (+31.9%)	378 → 592 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$64,881 → $80,476 (+24.0%)	$78,750 → $93,438 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$297,400 → $308,700 (+3.8%)	$123,400 → $270,700 (+119.4%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,017 (+28.1%)	$619 → $910 (+47.0%)

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

St. Elizabeth

Population

378592

Median household income

$78,750$93,438

Median home value

$123,400$270,700

Median gross rent

$619$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
Under 5	5.2%	13.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
Drove alone	79.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.2%
Other means	5.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	47.0%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	27.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Ozark	St. Elizabeth
Poverty rate	15.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.38	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1991	1981