Cool Valley vs Lakeshire

A side-by-side comparison of Cool Valley and Lakeshire: population, income, housing, and more.

Cool Valley and Lakeshire are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakeshire has the higher population (1,478 vs 1,319 in Cool Valley). Lakeshire has the higher median household income ($61,346 vs $50,417 in Cool Valley). Lakeshire has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $94,700 in Cool Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
Population	1,319	1,478
Median age	27.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$61,346
Median home value	$94,700	$260,300
Median gross rent	$932	$1,001
Housing units	451	776
Homeownership rate	70.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
Population	1,152 → 1,319 (+14.5%)	1,543 → 1,478 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $50,417 (-1.8%)	$50,699 → $61,346 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $94,700 (+38.2%)	$225,300 → $260,300 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $932 (-19.2%)	$820 → $1,001 (+22.1%)

Cool Valley

Population

1,1521,319

Median household income

$51,354$50,417

Median home value

$68,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$1,153$932

Lakeshire

Population

1,5431,478

Median household income

$50,699$61,346

Median home value

$225,300$260,300

Median gross rent

$820$1,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
Under 5	9.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	88.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
Drove alone	71.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.9%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.3%	14.3%
Other means	12.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
1-unit, detached	97.8%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	53.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cool Valley	Lakeshire
Poverty rate	26.7%	9.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1954	1965