Farley vs Houston Lake

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

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

Houston Lake has the higher population (330 vs 262 in Farley). Farley has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $81,250 in Houston Lake). Houston Lake has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $183,300 in Farley).

Population, income & housing

	Farley	Houston Lake
Population	262	330
Median age	50.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$81,250
Median home value	$183,300	$245,800
Median gross rent	$913	$1,610
Housing units	119	142
Homeownership rate	91.3%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farley	Houston Lake
Population	276 → 262 (-5.1%)	337 → 330 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$76,094 → $103,750 (+36.3%)	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $183,300 (+12.8%)	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $913 (-43.2%)	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)

Farley

Population

276262

Median household income

$76,094$103,750

Median home value

$162,500$183,300

Median gross rent

$1,607$913

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)

	Farley	Houston Lake
Under 5	1.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	24.5%
45 to 54	18.7%	19.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	14.5%
75 and over	9.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farley	Houston Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	17.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farley	Houston Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farley	Houston Lake
Drove alone	82.0%	60.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farley	Houston Lake
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farley	Houston Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1965	1958