Republic vs Strafford

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

Republic and Strafford 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 2,609 in Strafford). Republic has the higher median household income ($64,364 vs $60,670 in Strafford). Republic has the higher median home value ($190,300 vs $148,100 in Strafford).

Population, income & housing

	Republic	Strafford
Population	19,233	2,609
Median age	33.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,364	$60,670
Median home value	$190,300	$148,100
Median gross rent	$1,068	$767
Housing units	8,174	985
Homeownership rate	62.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic	Strafford
Population	16,247 → 19,233 (+18.4%)	2,100 → 2,609 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$55,964 → $64,364 (+15.0%)	$45,811 → $60,670 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $190,300 (+45.3%)	$129,600 → $148,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,068 (+25.2%)	$830 → $767 (-7.6%)

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

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)

	Republic	Strafford
Under 5	10.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.3%
75 and over	5.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic	Strafford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic	Strafford
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic	Strafford
Drove alone	82.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic	Strafford
1-unit, detached	78.2%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Republic	Strafford
Poverty rate	15.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1996	1993