Iron Mountain Lake vs Lake Timberline

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

Iron Mountain 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.

Iron Mountain Lake has the higher population (789 vs 773 in Lake Timberline). Iron Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($30,395 vs $26,838 in Lake Timberline). Lake Timberline has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $38,600 in Iron Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
Population	789	773
Median age	48.5 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,395	$26,838
Median home value	$38,600	$134,700
Median gross rent	$715	—
Housing units	392	554
Homeownership rate	75.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
Population	704 → 789 (+12.1%)	548 → 773 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$26,696 → $30,395 (+13.9%)	$27,500 → $26,838 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $38,600 (-16.3%)	$71,800 → $134,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $715 (+3.0%)	—

Iron Mountain Lake

Population

704789

Median household income

$26,696$30,395

Median home value

$46,100$38,600

Median gross rent

$694$715

Lake Timberline

Population

548773

Median household income

$27,500$26,838

Median home value

$71,800$134,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
Under 5	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	25.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.6%
75 and over	3.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
No high school diploma	32.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	48.7%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
Drove alone	85.1%	92.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
1-unit, detached	88.5%	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	11.5%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Iron Mountain Lake	Lake Timberline
Poverty rate	26.6%	20.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1964	1981