Tarsney LakesMO
214 people call this town in Missouri home.
Is Tarsney Lakes a good place to live?
Tarsney Lakes’ average trip to work is 46 minutes, above both Missouri’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 248 in Missouri we compare has a lower typical household income than Tarsney Lakes. Tarsney Lakes has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Tarsney Lakes.
More of Tarsney Lakes’ residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Missouri or U.S. town
The top destinations are Kansas City (26%), Blue Springs (13%) and Lee's Summit (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
The climate in Tarsney Lakes brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 20°, with about 9 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Tarsney Lakes is
7.1% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Tarsney Lakes. Against the Missouri average, Tarsney Lakes comes out ahead on 4 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2. In Tarsney Lakes, 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 18% binge drink.
| Tarsney Lakes | Typical Missouri town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Tarsney Lakes | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 31% | 36.5% |
| More adults with depression | 27.8% | 24.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Tarsney Lakes is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
54% of Tarsney Lakes’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 18%. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Tarsney Lakes sell for about $150K
For households in Tarsney Lakes, the share who live in a home they own is 45%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Tarsney Lakes
Arrowhead Stadium and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tarsney Lakes. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
21 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
22 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
23 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Center
16 mi MuseumHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto 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 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum: Sallyrob at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Tarsney Lakes: who provides what
Tarsney Lakes is unincorporated, so Jackson 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.
100% of working residents leave Tarsney Lakes for work
Where Tarsney Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Tarsney Lakes; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Tarsney Lakes residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Tarsney Lakes
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Tarsney Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It is in the eastern part of the county, northeast of the unincorporated community of Tarsney, and consisting of residential neighborhoods surrounding Tarsney Lake and Wood Lake, just south of the West Fork of Sni-A-Bar Creek. It is 28 miles (45 km) southeast of downtown Kansas City. As of the 2020 census, Tarsney Lakes had a population of 250. Tarsney Lakes was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 935 ft
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