Bonne Terre vs Terre du Lac

A side-by-side comparison of Bonne Terre and Terre du Lac: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonne Terre and Terre du Lac are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bonne Terre has the higher population (6,773 vs 2,460 in Terre du Lac). Terre du Lac has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $39,767 in Bonne Terre). Terre du Lac has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $120,400 in Bonne Terre).

Population, income & housing

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
Population	6,773	2,460
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,767	$93,115
Median home value	$120,400	$186,400
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	1,991	1,294
Homeownership rate	62.9%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
Population	7,165 → 6,773 (-5.5%)	2,662 → 2,460 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$47,833 → $39,767 (-16.9%)	$62,627 → $93,115 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $120,400 (+34.7%)	$155,000 → $186,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $585 (-18.3%)	$822 → $876 (+6.6%)

Bonne Terre

Population

7,1656,773

Median household income

$47,833$39,767

Median home value

$89,400$120,400

Median gross rent

$716$585

Terre du Lac

Population

2,6622,460

Median household income

$62,627$93,115

Median home value

$155,000$186,400

Median gross rent

$822$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.2%
75 and over	6.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
No high school diploma	20.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
Drove alone	73.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	18.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
1-unit, detached	71.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bonne Terre	Terre du Lac
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1963	1982