Frontenac vs Northwoods

A side-by-side comparison of Frontenac and Northwoods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frontenac has the higher population (3,669 vs 3,654 in Northwoods). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($225,813 vs $40,787 in Northwoods). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $72,300 in Northwoods).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Northwoods
Population	3,669	3,654
Median age	45.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$225,813	$40,787
Median home value	$1,004,500	$72,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,104
Housing units	1,153	1,806
Homeownership rate	97.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Northwoods
Population	3,513 → 3,669 (+4.4%)	4,121 → 3,654 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$217,768 → $225,813 (+3.7%)	$38,869 → $40,787 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$694,300 → $1,004,500 (+44.7%)	$63,600 → $72,300 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$945 → $1,104 (+16.8%)

Frontenac

Population

3,5133,669

Median household income

$217,768$225,813

Median home value

$694,300$1,004,500

Northwoods

Population

4,1213,654

Median household income

$38,869$40,787

Median home value

$63,600$72,300

Median gross rent

$945$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frontenac	Northwoods
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	20.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	17.7%
75 and over	7.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Northwoods
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	6.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Northwoods
No high school diploma	1.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	3.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Northwoods
Drove alone	73.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.3%	5.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	10.5%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Northwoods
1-unit, detached	99.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Northwoods
Poverty rate	2.0%	24.4%
Average household size	3.14	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1969	1953