Latham vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (2,680 vs 67 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($67,857 vs $45,370 in Tipton). Tipton has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $87,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Latham	Tipton
Population	67	2,680
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,857	$45,370
Median home value	$87,000	$119,900
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	36	739
Homeownership rate	83.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latham	Tipton
Population	51 → 67 (+31.4%)	3,372 → 2,680 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $67,857 (+67.0%)	$43,021 → $45,370 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $87,000 (-2.0%)	$102,100 → $119,900 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$549 → $768 (+39.9%)

Latham

Population

5167

Median household income

$40,625$67,857

Median home value

$88,800$87,000

Tipton

Population

3,3722,680

Median household income

$43,021$45,370

Median home value

$102,100$119,900

Median gross rent

$549$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latham	Tipton
Under 5	6.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	20.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	23.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	6.6%
75 and over	1.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latham	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latham	Tipton
No high school diploma	36.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latham	Tipton
Drove alone	87.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latham	Tipton
1-unit, detached	77.8%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Latham	Tipton
Poverty rate	6.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1971