Edgerton vs Lake Waukomis

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

Edgerton 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 487 in Edgerton). Lake Waukomis has the higher median household income ($119,519 vs $56,250 in Edgerton). Lake Waukomis has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $180,000 in Edgerton).

Population, income & housing

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
Population	487	1,085
Median age	45.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$119,519
Median home value	$180,000	$412,100
Median gross rent	$598	$1,438
Housing units	219	453
Homeownership rate	72.6%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
Population	580 → 487 (-16.0%)	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $56,250 (-1.7%)	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $180,000 (+65.6%)	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $598 (-21.4%)	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)

Edgerton

Population

580487

Median household income

$57,250$56,250

Median home value

$108,700$180,000

Median gross rent

$761$598

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)

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
Under 5	2.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	16.1%
75 and over	12.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	48.5%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
Drove alone	76.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
1-unit, detached	93.2%	99.8%
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%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgerton	Lake Waukomis
Poverty rate	11.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1968	1964