Houston Lake vs New Market

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

Houston Lake and New Market 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 65 in New Market). Since 2019, New Market's population has grown faster (+58.5% vs -2.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Lake	New Market
Population	330	65
Median age	44.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	—
Median home value	$245,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,610	—
Housing units	142	39
Homeownership rate	71.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Lake	New Market
Population	337 → 330 (-2.1%)	41 → 65 (+58.5%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)	$103,750 → $118,889 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)	$150,000 → $169,400 (+12.9%)
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

New Market

Population

4165

Median household income

$103,750$118,889

Median home value

$150,000$169,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Lake	New Market
Under 5	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	16.9%
35 to 44	24.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	19.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	35.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	0.0%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Lake	New Market
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	New Market
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	68.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Lake	New Market
Drove alone	60.8%	76.0%
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%	24.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Lake	New Market
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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	New Market
Poverty rate	6.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1958	1941