Oak GroveMO
A town of 9,370, settled in 1840.
Is Oak Grove a good place to live?
Oak Grove gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $297K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income. It grades B overall, 98th among Missouri's 247 graded towns. On hazard risk, just 21 of Missouri’s 419 towns do better. Oak Grove’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Missouri’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Webb Park, at 45 acres.
What makes Oak Grove stand out
Where Oak Grove beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Oak Grove for work
Where Oak Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Grove grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Oak Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oak Grove: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Grove, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove.
Oak Grove trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and fares better on crime within Missouri than nationally.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Webb Park | 0.7 mi | 45 |
| 2. Frick Park | 0.5 mi | 31 |
| 3. Caraway Lake Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Oak Grove’s public schools outperform 71% of Missouri districts
Its public schools are run by Oak Grove R-VI. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Oak Grove High, with 604 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove PrimaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 503 | – |
| Oak Grove HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 604 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Most of Oak Grove’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Oak Grove for work: only 8% work in town. Oak Grove’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, where Missouri’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Oak Grove fell to 1,838 in 2023, 291 fewer than in 2013.
| Oak Grove | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 5.7% | 9% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.6% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More of Oak Grove’s adults have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Missouri or U.S. town
29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Oak Grove. Oak Grove beats the Missouri average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 33% of adults have high blood pressure in Oak Grove.
| Oak Grove | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10.7% | 12.1% |
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 33.3% | 36.5% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 21.2% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Grove faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oak Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Oak Grove, expect four seasons and hot summers
Oak Grove has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 20° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oak Grove earns a B+ for cost of living
Homes are within reach (about $297K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles.
The typical Oak Grove home is worth about $297,000, up 3.8% in a year, 12% above the Missouri typical home. 60% of Oak Grove households own their home.
| Oak Grove | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,044 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Oak Grove reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns
At 17.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 68% of Missouri’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 8 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Oak Grove is 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Oak Grove | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16 per 1,000 residents | 12.4 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Arrowhead Stadium and 31 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
22 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
23 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
25 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
17 mi MuseumHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
Arrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum: Sallyrob at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Oak Grove
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Grove; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Oak Grove
City in Missouri, United States
Oak Grove is a city in Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 8,157 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 853 ft
- ZIP code
- 64075
Questions about Oak Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Grove, MO a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Oak Grove grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #98 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C for health, B− for safety and B+ for schools.
Is Oak Grove, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.