Houston Lake vs Tracy

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

Houston Lake and Tracy 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 219 in Tracy). Tracy has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $81,250 in Houston Lake). Houston Lake has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $205,000 in Tracy).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Lake	Tracy
Population	330	219
Median age	44.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$83,750
Median home value	$245,800	$205,000
Median gross rent	$1,610	$1,250
Housing units	142	86
Homeownership rate	71.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Lake	Tracy
Population	337 → 330 (-2.1%)	235 → 219 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)	$55,938 → $83,750 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)	$125,000 → $205,000 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)	$1,325 → $1,250 (-5.7%)

Houston Lake

Population

337330

Median household income

$68,333$81,250

Median home value

$137,500$245,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,610

Tracy

Population

235219

Median household income

$55,938$83,750

Median home value

$125,000$205,000

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Lake	Tracy
Under 5	2.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	24.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	19.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.8%
75 and over	2.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Lake	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Lake	Tracy
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Lake	Tracy
Drove alone	60.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Lake	Tracy
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Houston Lake	Tracy
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1976