Lakeshire vs Wellston

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

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

Wellston has the higher population (1,690 vs 1,478 in Lakeshire). Lakeshire has the higher median household income ($61,346 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Lakeshire's population has grown faster (-4.2% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeshire	Wellston
Population	1,478	1,690
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,346	$39,474
Median home value	$260,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,001	$1,053
Housing units	776	1,045
Homeownership rate	40.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeshire	Wellston
Population	1,543 → 1,478 (-4.2%)	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$50,699 → $61,346 (+21.0%)	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $260,300 (+15.5%)	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,001 (+22.1%)	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)

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

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeshire	Wellston
Under 5	9.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	24.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.2%
75 and over	6.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeshire	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	4.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeshire	Wellston
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	26.9%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeshire	Wellston
Drove alone	81.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	12.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeshire	Wellston
1-unit, detached	31.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	53.7%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lakeshire	Wellston
Poverty rate	9.9%	35.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1965	1952