Bismarck vs Lake Timberline

A side-by-side comparison of Bismarck and Lake Timberline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bismarck has the higher population (1,560 vs 773 in Lake Timberline). Bismarck has the higher median household income ($41,550 vs $26,838 in Lake Timberline). Lake Timberline has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $108,000 in Bismarck).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
Population	1,560	773
Median age	33.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,550	$26,838
Median home value	$108,000	$134,700
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	735	554
Homeownership rate	62.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
Population	1,453 → 1,560 (+7.4%)	548 → 773 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$36,641 → $41,550 (+13.4%)	$27,500 → $26,838 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $108,000 (+36.9%)	$71,800 → $134,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $683 (-9.2%)	—

Bismarck

Population

1,4531,560

Median household income

$36,641$41,550

Median home value

$78,900$108,000

Median gross rent

$752$683

Lake Timberline

Population

548773

Median household income

$27,500$26,838

Median home value

$71,800$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
Under 5	10.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	21.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	18.6%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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%	5.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
No high school diploma	20.4%	18.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
Drove alone	82.3%	92.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
1-unit, detached	77.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Lake Timberline
Poverty rate	19.1%	20.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1971	1981