Fair Grove vs Walnut Grove

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

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

Fair Grove has the higher population (1,551 vs 566 in Walnut Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median household income ($71,447 vs $45,357 in Walnut Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $127,600 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
Population	1,551	566
Median age	28.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,447	$45,357
Median home value	$189,200	$127,600
Median gross rent	$909	$733
Housing units	571	290
Homeownership rate	74.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
Population	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)	615 → 566 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)	$32,273 → $45,357 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)	$84,700 → $127,600 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)	$645 → $733 (+13.6%)

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

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)

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
Under 5	9.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.6%
75 and over	3.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	76.2%	58.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	87.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Grove	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	7.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.77	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1992	1968