Republic vs Willard

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

Republic and Willard 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 6,418 in Willard). Willard has the higher median household income ($87,204 vs $64,364 in Republic). Willard has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $190,300 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Republic	Willard
Population	19,233	6,418
Median age	33.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,364	$87,204
Median home value	$190,300	$204,300
Median gross rent	$1,068	$1,130
Housing units	8,174	2,153
Homeownership rate	62.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic	Willard
Population	16,247 → 19,233 (+18.4%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$55,964 → $64,364 (+15.0%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $190,300 (+45.3%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,068 (+25.2%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

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

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)

	Republic	Willard
Under 5	10.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	26.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	19.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.4%
75 and over	5.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic	Willard
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic	Willard
Drove alone	82.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	14.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic	Willard
1-unit, detached	78.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Republic	Willard
Poverty rate	15.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1996	1996