Gainesville vs Wasola

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Wasola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gainesville has the higher population (902 vs 30 in Wasola). Since 2019, Gainesville's population has grown faster (+48.4% vs -83.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Wasola
Population	902	30
Median age	42.9 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,087	—
Median home value	$97,900	—
Median gross rent	$602	—
Housing units	421	18
Homeownership rate	49.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Wasola
Population	608 → 902 (+48.4%)	177 → 30 (-83.1%)
Median household income	$10,469 → $31,087 (+196.9%)	—
Median home value	$81,300 → $97,900 (+20.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$568 → $602 (+6.0%)	—

Gainesville

Population

608902

Median household income

$10,469$31,087

Median home value

$81,300$97,900

Median gross rent

$568$602

Wasola

Population

17730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Wasola
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	40.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	23.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	36.7%
75 and over	11.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Wasola
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Wasola
No high school diploma	21.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.2%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Wasola
Drove alone	69.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Wasola
1-unit, detached	68.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Wasola
Poverty rate	24.4%	63.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1966	—