Walnut Grove vs Willard

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

Walnut 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 566 in Walnut Grove). Willard has the higher median household income ($87,204 vs $45,357 in Walnut Grove). Willard has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $127,600 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Walnut Grove	Willard
Population	566	6,418
Median age	46.6 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,357	$87,204
Median home value	$127,600	$204,300
Median gross rent	$733	$1,130
Housing units	290	2,153
Homeownership rate	67.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walnut Grove	Willard
Population	615 → 566 (-8.0%)	5,519 → 6,418 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$32,273 → $45,357 (+40.5%)	$61,188 → $87,204 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $127,600 (+50.6%)	$139,400 → $204,300 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $733 (+13.6%)	$834 → $1,130 (+35.5%)

Walnut Grove

Population

615566

Median household income

$32,273$45,357

Median home value

$84,700$127,600

Median gross rent

$645$733

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)

	Walnut Grove	Willard
Under 5	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.4%
75 and over	12.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walnut Grove	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walnut Grove	Willard
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walnut Grove	Willard
Drove alone	58.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	24.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	14.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walnut Grove	Willard
1-unit, detached	71.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Walnut Grove	Willard
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1968	1996