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SheetMO-GOOSE-CREEK-LAKE-MO · Goose Creek Lake, MO 533 pop · income 27th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Goose Creek Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Goose Creek Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Buffalo · lowest
30,660
Buffalo · lowest
30,660 median HH income
33.3% of the leader · rank #1
Mount Olive · near
55,139
Mount Olive · near
55,139 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #2
Onley · near
55,139
Onley · near
55,139 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #3
Toledo · near
55,139
Toledo · near
55,139 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #4
Goose Creek L… · this city
55,147
Goose Creek L… · this city
55,147 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #5
Sweetwater · near
55,154
Sweetwater · near
55,154 median HH income
59.9% of the leader · rank #6
De Kalb · highest
92,143
De Kalb · highest
92,143 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Goose Creek Lake on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 533.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Goose Creek Lake lands in the 27th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
27th
percentile, household income
22nd
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Goose Creek Lake, MO
Goose Creek Lake is a small town in Missouri, home to 533 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $55,147 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Typical homes in Goose Creek Lake are valued around $135,600, and the median resident age is 67.4 years. About 4.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 15.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Missouri at 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Missouri run around $219, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Goose Creek Lake workers runs 34.1 minutes, with 89.9% driving alone and 10.1% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 50.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Goose Creek Lake's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Goose Creek Lake, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Goose Creek Lake?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Breckenridge (532 residents, $35,000 income); De Kalb (532 residents, $92,143 income); Irondale (534 residents, $31,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hartman, AR (533 residents); Ullin, IL (533 residents); Lake, IN (533 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Goose Creek Lake?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Goose Creek Lake?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 89.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 34.1 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Below median income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
D
City profile score · Goose Creek Lake, MO
44/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$55,147
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Goose Creek Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Household income: 27/100 (F) · $55,147
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.0%
How does Goose Creek Lake compare to other US cities?
Goose Creek Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income27% higher than other cities
Home value22% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Goose Creek Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Goose Creek Lake near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Goose Creek Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Goose Creek Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#376 of 842
55th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#348 of 833
58th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#580 of 875
33rd percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#802 of 875
8th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
27th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Goose Creek Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$135,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 78% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Goose Creek Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,785 of 15,516
More affordable than 76% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,427 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.5×, Goose Creek Lake sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,785 of 15,516 and #3,427 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$55,147Goose Creek Lake, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Goose Creek Lake, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Goose Creek Lake, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)15.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
533
Median Income
$55,147
Median Home Value
$135,600
Median Age
67.4
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
15.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
34.1 minutes
Drive Alone
89.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
10.1%
Based on 79 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Goose Creek Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Goose Creek Lake is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Goose Creek Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Goose Creek Lake compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.