Lake Waukomis vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (4,153 vs 1,085 in Lake Waukomis). Lake Waukomis has the higher median household income ($119,519 vs $50,882 in Riverside). Lake Waukomis has the higher median home value ($412,100 vs $314,600 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
Population	1,085	4,153
Median age	45.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$119,519	$50,882
Median home value	$412,100	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,438	$917
Housing units	453	1,684
Homeownership rate	97.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
Population	817 → 1,085 (+32.8%)	3,342 → 4,153 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $119,519 (+45.4%)	$34,309 → $50,882 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$246,800 → $412,100 (+67.0%)	$224,400 → $314,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,438 (+7.9%)	$732 → $917 (+25.3%)

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

Riverside

Population

3,3424,153

Median household income

$34,309$50,882

Median home value

$224,400$314,600

Median gross rent

$732$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	20.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
Drove alone	74.2%	66.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.7%	21.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
1-unit, detached	99.8%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Waukomis	Riverside
Poverty rate	3.4%	21.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1964	1976