Lemay vs Spanish Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lemay and Spanish Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spanish Lake has the higher population (18,183 vs 16,431 in Lemay). Lemay has the higher median household income ($59,026 vs $51,125 in Spanish Lake). Lemay has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $121,300 in Spanish Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
Population	16,431	18,183
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,026	$51,125
Median home value	$139,100	$121,300
Median gross rent	$879	$1,073
Housing units	7,197	8,876
Homeownership rate	78.7%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
Population	16,918 → 16,431 (-2.9%)	17,485 → 18,183 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$49,938 → $59,026 (+18.2%)	$37,153 → $51,125 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $139,100 (+31.8%)	$98,800 → $121,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $879 (+3.4%)	$815 → $1,073 (+31.7%)

Lemay

Population

16,91816,431

Median household income

$49,938$59,026

Median home value

$105,500$139,100

Median gross rent

$850$879

Spanish Lake

Population

17,48518,183

Median household income

$37,153$51,125

Median home value

$98,800$121,300

Median gross rent

$815$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
Under 5	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	4.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	13.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	81.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
No high school diploma	13.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
Drove alone	78.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
1-unit, detached	81.0%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lemay	Spanish Lake
Poverty rate	14.3%	17.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1954	1969