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Lamar city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Lamar city is a Census city of 4,284 people across 5.21 square miles of land, in Barton County. Median household income is $36,705, 51.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.5 m.
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Lamar
What Lamar is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.21 sq mi
- Water area0.31 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land822
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Lamar
- Population4,284
- Median age39.3
- Population under 181,051 plus or minus 238
- Share under 1824.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over985 plus or minus 207
- Share 65 and over23.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households1,730
- Family households1,201
- Share of households that are families69.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Lamar
- Median household income$36,705 plus or minus $9,573
- Per capita income$21,320
- Civilian labor force1,694
- Employed1,694
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over2,915
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Lamar
- Housing units2,163
- Occupied units1,730
- Vacant units433 plus or minus 201
- Vacancy rate20.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied892 plus or minus 193
- Renter occupied838 plus or minus 175
- Ownership rate51.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$117,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$832
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Single family units1,754
- Share single family81.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more352 plus or minus 176
- Share in buildings of two or more16.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes57 plus or minus 52
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Lamar gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,605
- Commuting under 15 minutes817 plus or minus 214
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more518 plus or minus 204
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.3 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Drove alone90.2 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home2.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Lamar (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$8,511,400
- Average approval$851,140
- Median approval$1,012,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,875,000
- Largest approval$1,875,000
- Jobs supported197
- Jobs per approval19.7
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term132 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barton County, not Lamar
Barton County context, not Lamar figures
These are Barton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lamar measurements.
- Establishments in Barton County237
- Employment at those establishments, Barton County2,467
- Covered employment, Barton County3,521
- Average annual pay, Barton County$43,856
- Average weekly wage, Barton County$843
- Housing units permitted, Barton County7
- Of those, single family, Barton County7
- County product, 2024, Barton County$519,579,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barton County-6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barton County$51,018
Every figure in this section is published for Barton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lamar. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lamar questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lamar, Missouri?
4,284, in 1,730 households. Lamar city covers 5.21 square miles of land, which is 822 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lamar in?
Barton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lamar?
$36,705. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $117,200. Median gross rent is $832 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lamar businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $8.5 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $1,012,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lamar, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lamar borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lamar. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lamar figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lamar.
Is zoning published for Lamar?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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