Willard is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 6,511 people and two associated neighborhoods, Willard is the 115th largest community in Missouri.Willard is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Willard is a city of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willard who work in management occupations (14.47%), teaching (7.91%), and office and administrative support (7.49%). Also of interest is that Willard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Willard telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.89% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Willard is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Willard really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Willard perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small city, Willard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Willard is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.05% of adults in Willard have a college degree. The per capita income in Willard in 2022 was $28,836, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,344 for a family of four. However, Willard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Willard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willard residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Willard include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Willard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
