Houston Lake, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Houston Lake city is a very small community in Missouri, with 330 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #627 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 44.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Houston Lake city earn a median of $81,250 a year, 3.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 46% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Houston Lake city is valued at $245,800, 19% below the national figure and 61% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,610 a month, 14.5% above the national figure, or roughly $19,320 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 330 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Houston Lake city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.