Fordland vs Marshfield

A side-by-side comparison of Fordland and Marshfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshfield has the higher population (7,599 vs 681 in Fordland). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($67,134 vs $49,167 in Fordland). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $119,600 in Fordland).

Population, income & housing

	Fordland	Marshfield
Population	681	7,599
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$67,134
Median home value	$119,600	$201,300
Median gross rent	$719	$776
Housing units	299	3,150
Homeownership rate	57.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordland	Marshfield
Population	933 → 681 (-27.0%)	7,318 → 7,599 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $49,167 (+52.3%)	$44,844 → $67,134 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $119,600 (+38.6%)	$116,900 → $201,300 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $719 (+15.0%)	$630 → $776 (+23.2%)

Fordland

Population

933681

Median household income

$32,292$49,167

Median home value

$86,300$119,600

Median gross rent

$625$719

Marshfield

Population

7,3187,599

Median household income

$44,844$67,134

Median home value

$116,900$201,300

Median gross rent

$630$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordland	Marshfield
Under 5	5.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.6%
75 and over	5.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordland	Marshfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordland	Marshfield
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	50.0%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordland	Marshfield
Drove alone	72.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordland	Marshfield
1-unit, detached	69.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fordland	Marshfield
Poverty rate	20.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1974	1980