Doniphan vs Fairdealing

A side-by-side comparison of Doniphan and Fairdealing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Doniphan has the higher population (2,220 vs 367 in Fairdealing). Fairdealing has the higher median household income ($49,039 vs $43,309 in Doniphan). Fairdealing has the higher median home value ($146,400 vs $113,600 in Doniphan).

Population, income & housing

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
Population	2,220	367
Median age	34.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,309	$49,039
Median home value	$113,600	$146,400
Median gross rent	$704	—
Housing units	894	248
Homeownership rate	57.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
Population	2,062 → 2,220 (+7.7%)	731 → 367 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$25,485 → $43,309 (+69.9%)	$41,172 → $49,039 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $113,600 (+28.8%)	$117,800 → $146,400 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $704 (+28.0%)	$699 → $661 (-5.4%)

Doniphan

Population

2,0622,220

Median household income

$25,485$43,309

Median home value

$88,200$113,600

Median gross rent

$550$704

Fairdealing

Population

731367

Median household income

$41,172$49,039

Median home value

$117,800$146,400

Median gross rent

$699$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
Under 5	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	31.3%
75 and over	6.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
No high school diploma	20.4%	42.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
Drove alone	68.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
1-unit, detached	72.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Doniphan	Fairdealing
Poverty rate	23.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.80	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1974	1993