Taos vs Wardsville

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

Taos 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 1,334 in Taos). Wardsville has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $103,594 in Taos). Wardsville has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $256,000 in Taos).

Population, income & housing

	Taos	Wardsville
Population	1,334	1,505
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,594	$117,500
Median home value	$256,000	$309,900
Median gross rent	$425	$717
Housing units	508	572
Homeownership rate	91.7%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taos	Wardsville
Population	1,349 → 1,334 (-1.1%)	1,878 → 1,505 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$85,703 → $103,594 (+20.9%)	$92,813 → $117,500 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $256,000 (+50.4%)	$225,300 → $309,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$391 → $425 (+8.7%)	$786 → $717 (-8.8%)

Taos

Population

1,3491,334

Median household income

$85,703$103,594

Median home value

$170,200$256,000

Median gross rent

$391$425

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)

	Taos	Wardsville
Under 5	6.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taos	Wardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taos	Wardsville
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taos	Wardsville
Drove alone	85.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	14.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taos	Wardsville
1-unit, detached	93.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Taos	Wardsville
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1982	1996