Fair Grove vs Willard

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

Fair Grove 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 1,551 in Fair Grove). Willard has the higher median household income ($87,204 vs $71,447 in Fair Grove). Willard has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $189,200 in Fair Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Grove	Willard
Population	1,551	6,418
Median age	28.8 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,447	$87,204
Median home value	$189,200	$204,300
Median gross rent	$909	$1,130
Housing units	571	2,153
Homeownership rate	74.3%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Grove	Willard
Population	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

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

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)

	Fair Grove	Willard
Under 5	9.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.4%
75 and over	3.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Grove	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Grove	Willard
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Grove	Willard
Drove alone	76.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Grove	Willard
1-unit, detached	87.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Grove	Willard
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1992	1996