Whiting vs Wilson City

A side-by-side comparison of Whiting and Wilson City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilson City has the higher population (91 vs 76 in Whiting). Wilson City has the higher median home value ($64,700 vs $13,200 in Whiting). Since 2019, Wilson City's population has grown faster (+175.8% vs -43.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Whiting	Wilson City
Population	76	91
Median age	50.6 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$21,161	—
Median home value	$13,200	$64,700
Housing units	55	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whiting	Wilson City
Population	134 → 76 (-43.3%)	33 → 91 (+175.8%)
Median household income	$30,156 → $21,161 (-29.8%)	—
Median home value	$77,700 → $13,200 (-83.0%)	$9,999 → $64,700 (+547.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$746 → $715 (-4.2%)

Whiting

Population

13476

Median household income

$30,156$21,161

Median home value

$77,700$13,200

Wilson City

Population

3391

Median home value

$9,999$64,700

Median gross rent

$746$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whiting	Wilson City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	48.7%	28.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	31.9%
75 and over	10.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whiting	Wilson City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	64.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	35.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whiting	Wilson City
No high school diploma	19.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	80.6%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whiting	Wilson City
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whiting	Wilson City
1-unit, detached	58.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Whiting	Wilson City
Poverty rate	50.0%	42.9%
Average household size	1.38	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1968	1961