Census-designated place · Crawford County, Missouri

Indian Lake, Missouri

Indian Lake is a census-designated place in Crawford County, Missouri. It has 1,135 residents. Indian Lake, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,222 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #325 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), voter turnout (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and dentists (low).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,222 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #325 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,135 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 790.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2935180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety27#11,390/15,637
Economy24#11,950/15,631
Housing—
Health5#14,806/15,609
Healthcare1#15,514/15,650
Environment87#1,987/15,453
Education31#10,858/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,699/15,650
Community74#4,085/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,898/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Indian Lake, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Crawford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
92/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Voter turnout · high76.3%
89/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCrawford County value
Job growth · high2.0%
88/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCrawford County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
83/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCrawford County value
High school diploma or higher · high84.6%
78/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low4 /100k
0/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.3%
2/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Unemployment rate · high16.3%
2/100Missouri 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCrawford County value
Mental health providers · low40 /100k
4/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+100 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 25.0% (2020-2024)
+25 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.3× (2016-2020) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+108%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
10.8% (2016-2020) → 27.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
98.9% (2016-2020) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
−14 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.5% (2016-2020) → 16.3% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B23025US 8.1% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Indian Lake, Missouri over five years.

Cities and towns like Indian Lake, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Indian Lake, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Indian Lake, Missouri five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,135 residents (±344)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,135 residents (±344)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

White94%†1,066
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

911 residents (±312)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma15%†140
High school or GED38%†350
Some college37%†334

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

461 households (±160)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k27%†125
$25k–50k15%†69
$50k–75k11%†53
$75k–100k10%†47
$100k–150k29%†132
$150k–200k7.6%†35
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

461 households (±160)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Own98%†451
Rent2.2%†10

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

10 households (±11)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $750100%†10
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

451 homes (±160)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k43%†196
$150k–250k40%†180
$250k–400k7.5%†34

Age of homes

898 homes (±185)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later1.8%†16
2000–20094.0%†36
1980–199932%†287

Size of homes

898 homes (±185)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom12%†109
2 bedrooms42%†381

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

227 workers (±103)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone78%†178
Carpool19%†43
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.6%†6
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

221 workers (±101)

Indian Lake, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min19%†43
15–29 min30%†67
30–44 min12%†26

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Crawford County, the county holding most of Indian Lake's residents.

Crawford County has 496 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Missouri's), with 5,686 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,550. The Census Bureau also counts 1,642 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 496; 1,642 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 5,686
Average annual pay: $49,550; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Crawford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	35	15.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	242	$91,314	27
Specialty trade contractors	35	15.4	0.99×About typical	189	$53,143	203
Restaurants and other eating places	29	12.8	0.69×Fewer than typical	431	$21,652	7
Religious organizations	25	11	1.98×More than typical	84	$20,833	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	6.6	0.82×About typical	239	$24,146	3
Construction of buildings	14	6.2	0.81×About typical	57	$48,807	112
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	14	6.2	3.86×More than typical	394	$45,480	6
Offices of physicians	14	6.2	0.95×About typical	99	$146,303	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	5.7	1.14×About typical	63	$34,270	46
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	12	5.3	1.68×More than typical	108	$52,972	41
Full-service restaurants	12	5.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	157	$21,898	3
Gasoline stations	12	5.3	1.63×More than typical	145	$32,117	—

Rank places for an industry Open Crawford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,729 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Indian Lake, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.7KFY2017
4.9KFY2018
4.7KFY2019
-12.4FY2020
307.2FY2021
430.2FY2022
0FY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Indian Lake, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Indian Lake is mostly in Crawford County.

See federal money in Crawford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Indian Lake, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert F. Onder, Jr.R-MO-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Crawford County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Crawford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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