Fair Grove vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (169,432 vs 1,551 in Fair Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median household income ($71,447 vs $45,984 in Springfield). Fair Grove has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $165,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Grove	Springfield
Population	1,551	169,432
Median age	28.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,447	$45,984
Median home value	$189,200	$165,200
Median gross rent	$909	$920
Housing units	571	83,980
Homeownership rate	74.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Grove	Springfield
Population	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)	167,051 → 169,432 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)	$36,856 → $45,984 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)	$118,100 → $165,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)	$744 → $920 (+23.7%)

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

Springfield

Population

167,051169,432

Median household income

$36,856$45,984

Median home value

$118,100$165,200

Median gross rent

$744$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Grove	Springfield
Under 5	9.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.0%
25 to 34	19.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.6%
75 and over	3.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Grove	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Grove	Springfield
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Grove	Springfield
Drove alone	76.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Grove	Springfield
1-unit, detached	87.9%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fair Grove	Springfield
Poverty rate	7.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1992	1976