Houston Lake vs Iatan

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

Houston Lake and Iatan 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 35 in Iatan). Iatan has the higher median household income ($84,000 vs $81,250 in Houston Lake). Houston Lake has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $142,500 in Iatan).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Lake	Iatan
Population	330	35
Median age	44.7 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$84,000
Median home value	$245,800	$142,500
Median gross rent	$1,610	—
Housing units	142	17
Homeownership rate	71.1%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Lake	Iatan
Population	337 → 330 (-2.1%)	45 → 35 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)	$100,625 → $84,000 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)	—

Houston Lake

Population

337330

Median household income

$68,333$81,250

Median home value

$137,500$245,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,610

Iatan

Population

4535

Median household income

$100,625$84,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Lake	Iatan
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	45.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	45.7%
35 to 44	24.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	0.0%
75 and over	2.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Lake	Iatan
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Lake	Iatan
No high school diploma	4.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	73.7%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	5.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Lake	Iatan
Drove alone	60.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Lake	Iatan
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston Lake	Iatan
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.9%
Average household size	2.32	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1958	1994