Richards vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (371 vs 44 in Richards). Richards has the higher median household income ($42,969 vs $29,922 in Walker). Since 2019, Walker's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs -70.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Richards	Walker
Population	44	371
Median age	31.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,969	$29,922
Median home value	$65,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$610
Housing units	31	162
Homeownership rate	69.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richards	Walker
Population	151 → 44 (-70.9%)	282 → 371 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $42,969 (-26.6%)	$26,111 → $29,922 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $65,000 (+44.4%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $610 (+13.0%)

Richards

Population

15144

Median household income

$58,523$42,969

Median home value

$45,000$65,000

Walker

Population

282371

Median household income

$26,111$29,922

Median gross rent

$540$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richards	Walker
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	18.3%
25 to 34	20.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	27.3%	36.7%
55 to 64	4.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	2.3%	7.5%
75 and over	6.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richards	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	93.0%
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	22.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richards	Walker
No high school diploma	33.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richards	Walker
Drove alone	94.4%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richards	Walker
1-unit, detached	61.3%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.7%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Richards	Walker
Poverty rate	27.3%	20.5%
Average household size	1.91	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1971	1976