Springfield vs Willard

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (169,432 vs 6,418 in Willard). Willard has the higher median household income ($87,204 vs $45,984 in Springfield). Willard has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $165,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Willard
Population	169,432	6,418
Median age	33.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,984	$87,204
Median home value	$165,200	$204,300
Median gross rent	$920	$1,130
Housing units	83,980	2,153
Homeownership rate	42.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Willard
Population	167,051 → 169,432 (+1.4%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$36,856 → $45,984 (+24.8%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $165,200 (+39.9%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $920 (+23.7%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

Springfield

Population

167,051169,432

Median household income

$36,856$45,984

Median home value

$118,100$165,200

Median gross rent

$744$920

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)

	Springfield	Willard
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	26.1%
18 to 24	18.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.4%
75 and over	7.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Willard
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Willard
Drove alone	76.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Willard
1-unit, detached	61.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	14.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Willard
Poverty rate	19.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1976	1996