Lake LotawanaMO
Home to 2,756 people, the town was settled in 1958. Public schools that outperform most of Missouri.
Is Lake Lotawana a good place to live?
Lake Lotawana’s strongest is incomes: the median household earns $166K. With a B+ overall, Lake Lotawana sits 57th of 247 in Missouri. Nationally, it does better than three quarters of U.S. towns. It also does well on schools: its public schools beat 87% of Missouri towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $612K, 7.3 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, against 22% in Missouri’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On health, just 28 of Missouri’s 419 towns do better. The town’s median rent is $2,042 a month, where Missouri’s towns sit at $970 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · health, CDC PLACES.
What makes Lake Lotawana stand out
Where Lake Lotawana beats most towns.
Lake Lotawana has grown 43% since 2010
1,939 counted in 2010 and 2,310 in 2020; an estimated 2,756 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 19.7% since 2020, after 19.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Lake Lotawana grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Lake Lotawana is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Arrowhead Stadium and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Lotawana. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
21 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
23 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
22 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
22 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Lake Lotawana: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Lotawana, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Lotawana.
Lake Lotawana is a second-home town and fares better on crime within Missouri than nationally, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Missouri.
Lake Lotawana stands out in Missouri and nationally: the median rent there is higher
At 7.3 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income, the typical home (about $612K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Missouri towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Lone Jack is next at $447K.
Among 247 Missouri towns, just 7 have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Lake Lotawana. Homes sold in Lake Lotawana spent a median 76 days on the market. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 3.4%.
| Lake Lotawana | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,042 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For schools, Lake Lotawana earns an A
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $612K.
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Lee'S Summit R-Vii school district runs its public schools. Enrollment at Lake Lotawana’s public school: 512 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 512 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Lake Lotawana ranks healthier than 85% of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with Missouri is food insecurity: 6.8% of its 1,873 adults worry about having enough food, against 13.7% statewide. Against the 1,843 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Lotawana’s, it is less healthy than 75%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Lake Lotawana, 28% feel lonely. CDC measures, 32 in all: Lake Lotawana beats Missouri on 21 and trails on 2. In Lake Lotawana, 32% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 14% say their health is fair or poor.
| Lake Lotawana | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Lotawana | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.8% | 13.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Lake Lotawana is higher than in most of Missouri or the rest of the country
Jobs based here grew from 314 in 2013 to 444. 24.7% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri.
Employers in Lake Lotawana added 130 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 444. 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line locally. Also worth knowing: just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Lake Lotawana, the mean commuting time is 28 minutes.
| Lake Lotawana | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $166,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lake Lotawana is safer than 70% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
At 11.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 88% of Missouri’s graded towns. Its B+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Lone Jack (B) comes closest.
Lake Lotawana’s rate of thefts and burglaries stands at 4 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime for Lake Lotawana comes to 2.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Lake Lotawana | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The climate in Lake Lotawana brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 20° and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Lake Lotawana, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Lake Lotawana, 59% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, Lake Lotawana has seen 3 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Lake Lotawana is conserved land
Just 0 of its 7,197 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Lake Lotawana itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lotawana Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lake Lotawana
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Lotawana; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Lake Lotawana residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
98% of working residents leave Lake Lotawana for work
Where Lake Lotawana’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Lotawana
City in Missouri, United States
Lake Lotawana is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States and is located 35 miles southeast of downtown Kansas City bordering Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit. The population was 2,310 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The city derives its name from the lake that takes up most of the city, which is said to be named after an Indian princess.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1958
- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 896 ft
- Area code
- 816
Lake Lotawana’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lake Lotawana.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lotawana | #57 | B+ | D | B+ | A | A− |
| Blue Springs | #84 | B | B− | C | A | B |
| Lone Jack | — | — | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
| Lee's Summit | #81 | B | C− | C | A | A− |
Lone Jack has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Lake Lotawana with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Lotawana
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Lotawana, MO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lake Lotawana grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #57 of 247 in Missouri. It grades A− for health, B+ for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lake Lotawana, MO expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.