Desloge vs Terre du Lac

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

Desloge 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.

Desloge has the higher population (4,870 vs 2,460 in Terre du Lac). Terre du Lac has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $63,018 in Desloge). Terre du Lac has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $112,800 in Desloge).

Population, income & housing

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
Population	4,870	2,460
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,018	$93,115
Median home value	$112,800	$186,400
Median gross rent	$626	—
Housing units	2,400	1,294
Homeownership rate	74.6%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
Population	4,886 → 4,870 (-0.3%)	2,662 → 2,460 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$44,317 → $63,018 (+42.2%)	$62,627 → $93,115 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $112,800 (+18.7%)	$155,000 → $186,400 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $626 (+6.6%)	$822 → $876 (+6.6%)

Desloge

Population

4,8864,870

Median household income

$44,317$63,018

Median home value

$95,000$112,800

Median gross rent

$587$626

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)

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	34.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
Drove alone	82.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	18.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
1-unit, detached	65.8%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Desloge	Terre du Lac
Poverty rate	15.3%	11.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1980	1982