Nevada vs Walker

A side-by-side comparison of Nevada and Walker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nevada has the higher population (7,998 vs 371 in Walker). Nevada has the higher median household income ($45,799 vs $29,922 in Walker). Since 2019, Walker's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada	Walker
Population	7,998	371
Median age	37.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,799	$29,922
Median home value	$100,600	—
Median gross rent	$716	$610
Housing units	3,871	162
Homeownership rate	56.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada	Walker
Population	8,317 → 7,998 (-3.8%)	282 → 371 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$34,325 → $45,799 (+33.4%)	$26,111 → $29,922 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $100,600 (+41.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$645 → $716 (+11.0%)	$540 → $610 (+13.0%)

Nevada

Population

8,3177,998

Median household income

$34,325$45,799

Median home value

$71,100$100,600

Median gross rent

$645$716

Walker

Population

282371

Median household income

$26,111$29,922

Median gross rent

$540$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nevada	Walker
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	18.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	36.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.5%
75 and over	10.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada	Walker
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada	Walker
Drove alone	69.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.2%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada	Walker
1-unit, detached	78.5%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Nevada	Walker
Poverty rate	24.4%	20.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1959	1976