Lake Waukomis vs Parkville

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

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

Parkville has the higher population (8,022 vs 1,085 in Lake Waukomis). Parkville has the higher median household income ($170,794 vs $119,519 in Lake Waukomis). Parkville has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $412,100 in Lake Waukomis).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
Population	1,085	8,022
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,519	$170,794
Median home value	$412,100	$557,100
Median gross rent	$1,438	$1,078
Housing units	453	3,079
Homeownership rate	97.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
Population	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)	6,724 → 8,022 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)	$136,389 → $170,794 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)	$411,600 → $557,100 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)	$714 → $1,078 (+51.0%)

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

Parkville

Population

6,7248,022

Median household income

$136,389$170,794

Median home value

$411,600$557,100

Median gross rent

$714$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
Under 5	2.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	19.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.5%
75 and over	6.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	20.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
Drove alone	74.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	18.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
1-unit, detached	99.8%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waukomis	Parkville
Poverty rate	3.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1964	2001