Battlefield vs Willard

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

Battlefield 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 6,095 in Battlefield). Battlefield has the higher median household income ($87,414 vs $87,204 in Willard). Battlefield has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $204,300 in Willard).

Population, income & housing

	Battlefield	Willard
Population	6,095	6,418
Median age	40.8 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,414	$87,204
Median home value	$207,100	$204,300
Median gross rent	$931	$1,130
Housing units	2,592	2,153
Homeownership rate	85.2%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlefield	Willard
Population	6,240 → 6,095 (-2.3%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$61,373 → $87,414 (+42.4%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $207,100 (+31.4%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $931 (+20.4%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

Battlefield

Population

6,2406,095

Median household income

$61,373$87,414

Median home value

$157,600$207,100

Median gross rent

$773$931

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)

	Battlefield	Willard
Under 5	6.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	5.4%
75 and over	4.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlefield	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlefield	Willard
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlefield	Willard
Drove alone	76.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlefield	Willard
1-unit, detached	89.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Battlefield	Willard
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	2000	1996