Leisure LakeMO
A town of 175.
Is Leisure Lake a good place to live?
49% of residents live below the poverty line in Leisure Lake, against 14% in Missouri’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Of the 248 Missouri towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Leisure Lake. Leisure Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
175 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Leisure Lake: who provides what
Leisure Lake is unincorporated, so Grundy County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Leisure Lake.
Leisure Lake stands out in Missouri and nationally, with the average trip to work longer than most
1.8% of working residents work locally in Leisure Lake, where Missouri’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 8%. Of the 248 Missouri towns we compare, none has a lower typical household income than Leisure Lake. The top destinations are Trenton (23%), Kansas City (9%) and Kansas City (4%). Half of commuters travel less than 63 miles.
| Leisure Lake | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $17,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Leisure Lake has four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 87°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Leisure Lake faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Leisure Lake comes to 63 of 100. Expected losses in Leisure Lake break down as 40% from inland flooding and 21% from drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Missouri and the rest of the country, more of Leisure Lake’s adults have high blood pressure
Just over a tenth of Leisure Lake adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Only 9 of the 248 Missouri towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Leisure Lake. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Leisure Lake is ahead of Missouri on 3 and behind on 14.
| Leisure Lake | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Leisure Lake | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.3% | 16.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.5% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.3% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Leisure Lake
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Leisure Lake
About 0 of every 100 Leisure Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
98% of working residents leave Leisure Lake for work
Where Leisure Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Leisure Lake
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Leisure Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grundy County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 166. It is located in western Grundy County and consists of a residential community set round a reservoir named Leisure Lake. Missouri Route 146 forms the eastern and northern edge of the CDP and leads southeast 8 miles (13 km) to Trenton, the Grundy County seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Leisure Lake CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), of which 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 5.10%, is water.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
Questions about Leisure Lake
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Is Leisure Lake, MO a good place to live?
Leisure Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.