Climax Springs vs Sunrise Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Climax Springs and Sunrise Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Climax Springs and Sunrise Beach are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sunrise Beach has the higher population (398 vs 126 in Climax Springs). Since 2019, Sunrise Beach's population has grown faster (-18.3% vs -54.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
Population	126	398
Median age	32.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,625
Median home value	—	$250,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,156
Housing units	32	442
Homeownership rate	40.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
Population	277 → 126 (-54.5%)	487 → 398 (-18.3%)
Median household income	—	$41,103 → $50,625 (+23.2%)
Median home value	—	$82,900 → $250,000 (+201.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$817 → $1,156 (+41.5%)

Climax Springs

Population

277126

Sunrise Beach

Population

487398

Median household income

$41,103$50,625

Median home value

$82,900$250,000

Median gross rent

$817$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	31.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	33.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	25.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
No high school diploma	58.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
Drove alone	26.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	14.9%	14.2%
Public transit	36.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
1-unit, detached	40.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Climax Springs	Sunrise Beach
Poverty rate	46.0%	10.3%
Average household size	3.94	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	—	1982