Fair Grove vs Republic

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Grove and Republic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Republic has the higher population (19,233 vs 1,551 in Fair Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median household income ($71,447 vs $64,364 in Republic). Republic has the higher median home value ($190,300 vs $189,200 in Fair Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Grove	Republic
Population	1,551	19,233
Median age	28.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,447	$64,364
Median home value	$189,200	$190,300
Median gross rent	$909	$1,068
Housing units	571	8,174
Homeownership rate	74.3%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Grove	Republic
Population	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)	16,247 → 19,233 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)	$55,964 → $64,364 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)	$131,000 → $190,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)	$853 → $1,068 (+25.2%)

Fair Grove

Population

1,4321,551

Median household income

$57,895$71,447

Median home value

$128,700$189,200

Median gross rent

$685$909

Republic

Population

16,24719,233

Median household income

$55,964$64,364

Median home value

$131,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$853$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Grove	Republic
Under 5	9.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	19.1%	19.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	6.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.6%
75 and over	3.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Grove	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	9.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Grove	Republic
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Grove	Republic
Drove alone	76.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Grove	Republic
1-unit, detached	87.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Fair Grove	Republic
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1992	1996