Ash Grove vs Willard

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Grove and Willard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willard has the higher population (6,418 vs 1,336 in Ash Grove). Willard has the higher median household income ($87,204 vs $50,078 in Ash Grove). Willard has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $120,900 in Ash Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Grove	Willard
Population	1,336	6,418
Median age	38.3 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,078	$87,204
Median home value	$120,900	$204,300
Median gross rent	$661	$1,130
Housing units	580	2,153
Homeownership rate	59.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Grove	Willard
Population	1,546 → 1,336 (-13.6%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $50,078 (+44.6%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $120,900 (+10.0%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $661 (+10.4%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

Ash Grove

Population

1,5461,336

Median household income

$34,625$50,078

Median home value

$109,900$120,900

Median gross rent

$599$661

Willard

Population

5,5196,418

Median household income

$61,188$87,204

Median home value

$139,400$204,300

Median gross rent

$834$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Grove	Willard
Under 5	9.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.4%
75 and over	9.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Grove	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Grove	Willard
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Grove	Willard
Drove alone	76.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Grove	Willard
1-unit, detached	83.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ash Grove	Willard
Poverty rate	9.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1962	1996