Fordland vs Niangua

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

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

Fordland has the higher population (681 vs 495 in Niangua). Fordland has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $36,667 in Niangua). Fordland has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $87,500 in Niangua).

Population, income & housing

	Fordland	Niangua
Population	681	495
Median age	35.3 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$36,667
Median home value	$119,600	$87,500
Median gross rent	$719	$695
Housing units	299	219
Homeownership rate	57.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordland	Niangua
Population	933 → 681 (-27.0%)	436 → 495 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $49,167 (+52.3%)	$33,750 → $36,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $119,600 (+38.6%)	$51,900 → $87,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $719 (+15.0%)	$606 → $695 (+14.7%)

Fordland

Population

933681

Median household income

$32,292$49,167

Median home value

$86,300$119,600

Median gross rent

$625$719

Niangua

Population

436495

Median household income

$33,750$36,667

Median home value

$51,900$87,500

Median gross rent

$606$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordland	Niangua
Under 5	5.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordland	Niangua
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordland	Niangua
No high school diploma	12.7%	22.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordland	Niangua
Drove alone	72.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	16.7%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordland	Niangua
1-unit, detached	69.6%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Fordland	Niangua
Poverty rate	20.0%	40.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1974	1971