Goose Creek Lake vs Iron Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Goose Creek Lake and Iron Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iron Mountain Lake has the higher population (789 vs 533 in Goose Creek Lake). Goose Creek Lake has the higher median household income ($55,147 vs $30,395 in Iron Mountain Lake). Goose Creek Lake has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $38,600 in Iron Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
Population	533	789
Median age	67.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,147	$30,395
Median home value	$135,600	$38,600
Median gross rent	—	$715
Housing units	1,246	392
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
Population	689 → 533 (-22.6%)	704 → 789 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$48,315 → $55,147 (+14.1%)	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $135,600 (+10.1%)	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)

Goose Creek Lake

Population

689533

Median household income

$48,315$55,147

Median home value

$123,200$135,600

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	1.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	30.4%	25.7%
65 to 74	28.3%	8.6%
75 and over	25.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	12.0%	32.3%
High school graduate	56.9%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	0.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
Drove alone	89.9%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	56.4%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.6%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek Lake	Iron Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	13.5%	26.6%
Average household size	1.68	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1998	1964