Middle GroveMO
A town settled in 1830, now home to 40 people.
Is Middle Grove a good place to live?
Middle Grove’s median age is 59.5 years, against 38.5 years in Missouri’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. No town among the 248 in Missouri we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Middle Grove. Middle Grove has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
40 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Middle Grove.
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Middle Grove
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 15 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The schools Middle Grove’s kids attend
Public schools: the Middle Grove C-1 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Grove Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 37 | A |
NCES · EDFacts
How healthy Middle Grove is
Among adults in Middle Grove, 31% feel lonely. This Missouri town beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. Two figures for adults in the town: 23% smoke cigarettes, 38% get no exercise outside work.
| Middle Grove | Typical Missouri town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Middle Grove | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.3% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 13.6% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Middle Grove, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Middle Grove, 34% come from inland flooding and 25% from heat waves. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Middle Grove
Moving to Middle Grove: who provides what
Middle Grove is unincorporated, so Monroe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Middle Grove
About 0 of every 100 Middle Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Middle Grove
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Middle Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 807 ft
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