Goose Creek Lake vs Lake Timberline

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

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

Lake Timberline has the higher population (773 vs 533 in Goose Creek Lake). Goose Creek Lake has the higher median household income ($55,147 vs $26,838 in Lake Timberline). Goose Creek Lake has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $134,700 in Lake Timberline).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
Population	533	773
Median age	67.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,147	$26,838
Median home value	$135,600	$134,700
Housing units	1,246	554
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
Population	689 → 533 (-22.6%)	548 → 773 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$48,315 → $55,147 (+14.1%)	$27,500 → $26,838 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $135,600 (+10.1%)	$71,800 → $134,700 (+87.6%)

Goose Creek Lake

Population

689533

Median household income

$48,315$55,147

Median home value

$123,200$135,600

Lake Timberline

Population

548773

Median household income

$27,500$26,838

Median home value

$71,800$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	1.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	21.7%
55 to 64	30.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	28.3%	18.6%
75 and over	25.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
No high school diploma	12.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	56.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
Drove alone	89.9%	92.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
1-unit, detached	56.4%	65.3%
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%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek Lake	Lake Timberline
Poverty rate	13.5%	20.1%
Average household size	1.68	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1998	1981