Fortuna vs Latham

A side-by-side comparison of Fortuna and Latham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fortuna has the higher population (92 vs 67 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($67,857 vs $41,042 in Fortuna). Fortuna has the higher median home value ($200,900 vs $87,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Latham
Population	92	67
Median age	60.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$67,857
Median home value	$200,900	$87,000
Housing units	53	36
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Latham
Population	157 → 92 (-41.4%)	51 → 67 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$33,148 → $41,042 (+23.8%)	$40,625 → $67,857 (+67.0%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $200,900 (+541.9%)	$88,800 → $87,000 (-2.0%)

Fortuna

Population

15792

Median household income

$33,148$41,042

Median home value

$31,300$200,900

Latham

Population

5167

Median household income

$40,625$67,857

Median home value

$88,800$87,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	Latham
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	20.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	42.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	38.0%	19.4%
75 and over	0.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Latham
No high school diploma	0.0%	36.4%
High school graduate	21.4%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Latham
Drove alone	47.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	52.8%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Latham
1-unit, detached	81.1%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Latham
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.0%
Average household size	1.74	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1966	1980