Lowry City vs Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Lowry City and Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lowry City has the higher population (587 vs 46 in Vista). Vista has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $42,159 in Lowry City). Since 2019, Vista's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lowry City	Vista
Population	587	46
Median age	45.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,159	$48,750
Median home value	$84,300	—
Median gross rent	$707	—
Housing units	312	18
Homeownership rate	58.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowry City	Vista
Population	709 → 587 (-17.2%)	47 → 46 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$32,344 → $42,159 (+30.3%)	$42,083 → $48,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $84,300 (+40.5%)	$45,000 → $48,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $707 (-2.9%)	—

Lowry City

Population

709587

Median household income

$32,344$42,159

Median home value

$60,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$728$707

Vista

Population

4746

Median household income

$42,083$48,750

Median home value

$45,000$48,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowry City	Vista
Under 5	13.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	7.2%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	37.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	21.0%	4.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	4.3%
75 and over	11.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowry City	Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowry City	Vista
No high school diploma	14.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowry City	Vista
Drove alone	84.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowry City	Vista
1-unit, detached	69.2%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Lowry City	Vista
Poverty rate	23.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	37	9
Median year structure built	1971	1986