Edgerton vs Houston Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Edgerton and Houston Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgerton has the higher population (487 vs 330 in Houston Lake). Houston Lake has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $56,250 in Edgerton). Houston Lake has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $180,000 in Edgerton).

Population, income & housing

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
Population	487	330
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$81,250
Median home value	$180,000	$245,800
Median gross rent	$598	$1,610
Housing units	219	142
Homeownership rate	72.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
Population	580 → 487 (-16.0%)	337 → 330 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $56,250 (-1.7%)	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $180,000 (+65.6%)	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $598 (-21.4%)	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)

Edgerton

Population

580487

Median household income

$57,250$56,250

Median home value

$108,700$180,000

Median gross rent

$761$598

Houston Lake

Population

337330

Median household income

$68,333$81,250

Median home value

$137,500$245,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
Under 5	2.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	24.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	19.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.5%
75 and over	12.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	17.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	48.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
Drove alone	76.4%	60.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
1-unit, detached	93.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgerton	Houston Lake
Poverty rate	11.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	38	19
Median year structure built	1968	1958