Fairfax vs Westboro

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Westboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax and Westboro are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfax has the higher population (685 vs 116 in Westboro). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($54,107 vs $25,972 in Westboro). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($91,500 vs $42,500 in Westboro).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Westboro
Population	685	116
Median age	48.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$25,972
Median home value	$91,500	$42,500
Median gross rent	$560	—
Housing units	369	55
Homeownership rate	67.9%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Westboro
Population	673 → 685 (+1.8%)	103 → 116 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $54,107 (+41.9%)	$34,583 → $25,972 (-24.9%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $91,500 (+38.2%)	$40,900 → $42,500 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $560 (+16.2%)	—

Fairfax

Population

673685

Median household income

$38,125$54,107

Median home value

$66,200$91,500

Median gross rent

$482$560

Westboro

Population

103116

Median household income

$34,583$25,972

Median home value

$40,900$42,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Westboro
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.0%
75 and over	10.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Westboro
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Westboro
No high school diploma	10.7%	30.9%
High school graduate	51.2%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Westboro
Drove alone	83.7%	97.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Westboro
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Westboro
Poverty rate	16.1%	36.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1957	1938