Battlefield vs Walnut Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Battlefield and Walnut Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Battlefield has the higher population (6,095 vs 566 in Walnut Grove). Battlefield has the higher median household income ($87,414 vs $45,357 in Walnut Grove). Battlefield has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $127,600 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
Population	6,095	566
Median age	40.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,414	$45,357
Median home value	$207,100	$127,600
Median gross rent	$931	$733
Housing units	2,592	290
Homeownership rate	85.2%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
Population	6,240 → 6,095 (-2.3%)	615 → 566 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$61,373 → $87,414 (+42.4%)	$32,273 → $45,357 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $207,100 (+31.4%)	$84,700 → $127,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $931 (+20.4%)	$645 → $733 (+13.6%)

Battlefield

Population

6,2406,095

Median household income

$61,373$87,414

Median home value

$157,600$207,100

Median gross rent

$773$931

Walnut Grove

Population

615566

Median household income

$32,273$45,357

Median home value

$84,700$127,600

Median gross rent

$645$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
Under 5	6.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.6%
75 and over	4.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	1.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	76.0%	58.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	89.6%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Battlefield	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	2000	1968