Lucerne vs Worthington

A side-by-side comparison of Lucerne and Worthington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Worthington has the higher population (23 vs 20 in Lucerne). Since 2019, Lucerne's population has grown faster (-56.5% vs -87.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lucerne	Worthington
Population	20	23
Median age	60.0 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	—
Housing units	47	55
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucerne	Worthington
Population	46 → 20 (-56.5%)	183 → 23 (-87.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $43,125 (+27.8%)	$27,143 → $28,929 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$534 → $581 (+8.8%)

Lucerne

Population

4620

Median household income

$33,750$43,125

Worthington

Population

18323

Median household income

$27,143$28,929

Median gross rent

$534$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucerne	Worthington
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	47.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	34.8%
75 and over	30.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucerne	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	10.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucerne	Worthington
No high school diploma	12.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	62.5%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucerne	Worthington
Drove alone	88.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucerne	Worthington
1-unit, detached	89.4%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Lucerne	Worthington
Poverty rate	10.0%	60.9%
Average household size	1.54	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1951	1938