Dearborn vs Lake Waukomis

A side-by-side comparison of Dearborn and Lake Waukomis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Waukomis has the higher population (1,085 vs 545 in Dearborn). Lake Waukomis has the higher median household income ($119,519 vs $48,333 in Dearborn). Lake Waukomis has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $175,000 in Dearborn).

Population, income & housing

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
Population	545	1,085
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$119,519
Median home value	$175,000	$412,100
Median gross rent	$510	$1,438
Housing units	269	453
Homeownership rate	74.5%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
Population	517 → 545 (+5.4%)	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)
Median household income	$46,000 → $48,333 (+5.1%)	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $175,000 (+47.3%)	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $510 (-11.3%)	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)

Dearborn

Population

517545

Median household income

$46,000$48,333

Median home value

$118,800$175,000

Median gross rent

$575$510

Lake Waukomis

Population

8171,085

Median household income

$82,222$119,519

Median home value

$246,800$412,100

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
Under 5	6.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	19.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.1%
75 and over	15.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
Drove alone	83.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
1-unit, detached	70.6%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dearborn	Lake Waukomis
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1954	1964