Pomona vs Willow Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Pomona and Willow Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Springs has the higher population (2,015 vs 243 in Pomona). Willow Springs has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $28,693 in Pomona). Willow Springs has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $77,100 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Pomona	Willow Springs
Population	243	2,015
Median age	59.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,693	$43,125
Median home value	$77,100	$108,300
Median gross rent	$667	$716
Housing units	117	978
Homeownership rate	54.7%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomona	Willow Springs
Population	369 → 243 (-34.1%)	2,225 → 2,015 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $28,693 (-0.2%)	$39,583 → $43,125 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $77,100 (+48.8%)	$89,500 → $108,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$530 → $716 (+35.1%)

Pomona

Population

369243

Median household income

$28,750$28,693

Median home value

$51,800$77,100

Willow Springs

Population

2,2252,015

Median household income

$39,583$43,125

Median home value

$89,500$108,300

Median gross rent

$530$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomona	Willow Springs
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	2.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	30.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	40.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomona	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomona	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	32.6%	22.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomona	Willow Springs
Drove alone	84.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	15.9%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomona	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	81.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Pomona	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	36.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	54	17
Median year structure built	1979	1959