Fair Grove vs Strafford

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

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

Strafford has the higher population (2,609 vs 1,551 in Fair Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median household income ($71,447 vs $60,670 in Strafford). Fair Grove has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $148,100 in Strafford).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Grove	Strafford
Population	1,551	2,609
Median age	28.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,447	$60,670
Median home value	$189,200	$148,100
Median gross rent	$909	$767
Housing units	571	985
Homeownership rate	74.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Grove	Strafford
Population	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)	2,100 → 2,609 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)	$45,811 → $60,670 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)	$129,600 → $148,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)	$830 → $767 (-7.6%)

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

Strafford

Population

2,1002,609

Median household income

$45,811$60,670

Median home value

$129,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Grove	Strafford
Under 5	9.9%	12.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.3%
75 and over	3.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Grove	Strafford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Grove	Strafford
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Grove	Strafford
Drove alone	76.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Grove	Strafford
1-unit, detached	87.9%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Fair Grove	Strafford
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1992	1993