Fair Play vs Halfway

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Play and Halfway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fair Play has the higher population (470 vs 123 in Halfway). Halfway has the higher median household income ($40,139 vs $37,125 in Fair Play). Since 2019, Fair Play's population has grown faster (+10.6% vs +3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Play	Halfway
Population	470	123
Median age	46.8 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,125	$40,139
Median home value	$73,800	—
Median gross rent	$938	$688
Housing units	246	74
Homeownership rate	50.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Play	Halfway
Population	425 → 470 (+10.6%)	119 → 123 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$28,661 → $37,125 (+29.5%)	$35,313 → $40,139 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$47,800 → $73,800 (+54.4%)	$81,900 → $92,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $938 (+22.9%)	$567 → $688 (+21.3%)

Fair Play

Population

425470

Median household income

$28,661$37,125

Median home value

$47,800$73,800

Median gross rent

$763$938

Halfway

Population

119123

Median household income

$35,313$40,139

Median home value

$81,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$567$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Play	Halfway
Under 5	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	13.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	5.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	26.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	39.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	4.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Play	Halfway
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.7%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Play	Halfway
No high school diploma	16.3%	22.3%
High school graduate	52.0%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Play	Halfway
Drove alone	86.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Play	Halfway
1-unit, detached	65.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Fair Play	Halfway
Poverty rate	29.1%	23.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1965	1970