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Mountain Grove, MO

4,494 Population
4 square miles 1,119.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wright County: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,228 ±$4,937 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wright County: $23,682 ±$1,677
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$41,875 ±$8,648 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wright County: $47,304 ±$3,000
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

18.2% ±10.1% (797  ±446) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 17.6% † 3,221 (±3.5% / ±643)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

12.3 minutes ±3.9 (17,700  ±6,476) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Wright County: 27.4 179,730 (±2.5 / ±19,552)
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,841 ±229 Number of households
  • Wright County: 6,964 ±293
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.3 (4,423  ±161) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wright County: 2.7 18,540 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

10.3% ±10.4% (106  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wright County: 8.4% † 313 (±4% / ±148)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,321 ±267 Number of housing units
  • Wright County: 8,370 ±23
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$89,300 ±$11,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wright County: $152,300 † ±$25,472
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8.2% ±5.4% (349  ±231) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wright County: 8% † 1,469 (±2.1% / ±379.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

83.3% ±12.7% (2,666  ±462.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 82.8% 10,285 (±5.2% / ±642.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
16.7% ±6.1% (533  ±200.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wright County: 14.3% † 1,771 (±2.4% / ±298.8)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±1.6% (87  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wright County: 0.9% 162
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

19.4% ±6.9% (656  ±238) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wright County: 11.9% † 1,650 (±1.8% / ±254)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
656 Total veterans ±238 475 Male ±177 181 Female ±192

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