Is Lathrop a good place to live?
The best of Lathrop’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 21 of Missouri’s 419 towns do worse. 11% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lathrop, where Missouri’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 29%. Lathrop has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lathrop stand out
Where Lathrop beats most towns.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lathrop Elementary School | PK–5 | 403 |
| Lathrop Middle School | 6–8 | 196 |
| Lathrop High School | 9–12 | 272 |
96% of working residents leave Lathrop for work
Where Lathrop’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lathrop grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Lathrop is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lathrop: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lathrop, 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 Lathrop.
Public schools in Lathrop beat 81% of Missouri districts
Its public schools are run by Lathrop R-II. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 403 | B |
| Lathrop High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 272 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lathrop’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lathrop for work: only 4% work in town. Lathrop’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, above both the Missouri town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 14% of Lathrop residents live below the poverty line.
| Lathrop | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 9% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Lathrop trails 66% of U.S. towns
Lathrop beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 30% of adults feel lonely in Lathrop.
| Lathrop | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lathrop | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Lathrop, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Lathrop has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 19° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lathrop is safer than 64% of U.S. towns, by crime per resident
The violent crime rate in Lathrop is 3.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Lathrop | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.1 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical home in Lathrop is valued at about $294K
The typical Lathrop home is worth about $294,000, up 6.1% in a year, 11% above the Missouri typical home. Lathrop’s median rent is $844 a month.
| Lathrop | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $844 a month | $971 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lathrop faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lathrop since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lathrop City Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lathrop
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lathrop; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Lathrop residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Lathrop
City in the United States
Lathrop is a city in Clinton County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1867
- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,063 ft
- ZIP code
- 64465
- Area code
- 816
Questions about Lathrop
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lathrop, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
What is Lathrop, MO known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Robert Blees and Bill Collins.