Hayti vs Wardell

A side-by-side comparison of Hayti and Wardell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayti has the higher population (2,145 vs 455 in Wardell). Wardell has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $25,486 in Hayti). Hayti has the higher median home value ($73,500 vs $51,300 in Wardell).

Population, income & housing

	Hayti	Wardell
Population	2,145	455
Median age	42.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,486	$48,500
Median home value	$73,500	$51,300
Median gross rent	$623	$850
Housing units	1,136	194
Homeownership rate	55.4%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayti	Wardell
Population	2,652 → 2,145 (-19.1%)	295 → 455 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$23,563 → $25,486 (+8.2%)	$41,985 → $48,500 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $73,500 (+11.2%)	$49,700 → $51,300 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $623 (-6.2%)	$488 → $850 (+74.2%)

Hayti

Population

2,6522,145

Median household income

$23,563$25,486

Median home value

$66,100$73,500

Median gross rent

$664$623

Wardell

Population

295455

Median household income

$41,985$48,500

Median home value

$49,700$51,300

Median gross rent

$488$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayti	Wardell
Under 5	6.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.7%
75 and over	12.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayti	Wardell
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	29.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayti	Wardell
No high school diploma	17.9%	20.6%
High school graduate	56.1%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayti	Wardell
Drove alone	80.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	16.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayti	Wardell
1-unit, detached	75.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Hayti	Wardell
Poverty rate	40.3%	37.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1968	1953