Goose Creek Lake vs Wortham

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

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

Goose Creek Lake has the higher population (533 vs 163 in Wortham). Since 2019, Goose Creek Lake's population has grown faster (-22.6% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
Population	533	163
Median age	67.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,147	—
Median home value	$135,600	—
Housing units	1,246	145
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
Population	689 → 533 (-22.6%)	246 → 163 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$48,315 → $55,147 (+14.1%)	$29,509 → $28,087 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $135,600 (+10.1%)	$61,200 → $63,800 (+4.2%)

Goose Creek Lake

Population

689533

Median household income

$48,315$55,147

Median home value

$123,200$135,600

Wortham

Population

246163

Median household income

$29,509$28,087

Median home value

$61,200$63,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	30.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	28.3%	19.6%
75 and over	25.1%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
No high school diploma	12.0%	19.9%
High school graduate	56.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
Drove alone	89.9%	15.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	85.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
1-unit, detached	56.4%	60.7%
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%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Goose Creek Lake	Wortham
Poverty rate	13.5%	42.3%
Average household size	1.68	1.85
Median year structure built	1998	1976