Russellville vs Wardsville

A side-by-side comparison of Russellville and Wardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wardsville has the higher population (1,505 vs 875 in Russellville). Wardsville has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $56,458 in Russellville). Wardsville has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $150,700 in Russellville).

Population, income & housing

	Russellville	Wardsville
Population	875	1,505
Median age	29.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$117,500
Median home value	$150,700	$309,900
Median gross rent	$832	$717
Housing units	382	572
Homeownership rate	79.6%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russellville	Wardsville
Population	793 → 875 (+10.3%)	1,878 → 1,505 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$47,054 → $56,458 (+20.0%)	$92,813 → $117,500 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $150,700 (+34.0%)	$225,300 → $309,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $832 (+20.9%)	$786 → $717 (-8.8%)

Russellville

Population

793875

Median household income

$47,054$56,458

Median home value

$112,500$150,700

Median gross rent

$688$832

Wardsville

Population

1,8781,505

Median household income

$92,813$117,500

Median home value

$225,300$309,900

Median gross rent

$786$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russellville	Wardsville
Under 5	8.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	23.5%
18 to 24	16.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russellville	Wardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russellville	Wardsville
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russellville	Wardsville
Drove alone	79.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	14.3%
Other means	2.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russellville	Wardsville
1-unit, detached	88.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Russellville	Wardsville
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1961	1996