OronogoMO
A town of 3,204, platted in 1856. Public schools that outperform most of Missouri.
Is Oronogo a good place to live?
Oronogo gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $248K, 4 years of the Joplin metro’s $62K median household income. It grades A overall, 19th of 247 graded towns in Missouri. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, its schools outperform 90% of the state's. Only 7 of Missouri’s 213 towns score higher on safety. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Only 3 of the 247 Missouri towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Oronogo.
What makes Oronogo stand out
Where Oronogo beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Oronogo for work
Where Oronogo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oronogo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Oronogo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oronogo: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oronogo, 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 Oronogo.
Oronogo pairs an A overall with homes cheaper than the Missouri norm, pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and fares better on crime within Missouri than nationally.
Oronogo’s grade for schools is an A
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $249K.
Its public schools are run by the Webb City R-Vii school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry S. Truman Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades 2–4 | Grades 2–4 | 287 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Crime per resident in Oronogo is lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
At 6.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 98% of Missouri’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
Oronogo’s property crime rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents, below both the Missouri town median (12.5) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Oronogo’s violent crime rate is 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Oronogo | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
About one in three of Oronogo’s working residents commute to Joplin
Oronogo has 161 jobs for its 1,036 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Oronogo for work: only 1% work in town. 5% of residents live below the poverty line in Oronogo, where Missouri’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Oronogo grew to 161 in 2023, 29 more than in 2013.
| Oronogo | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of residents in Oronogo are 65 or older than in the typical Missouri or U.S. town
9.7% of Oronogo residents are 65 or older. Oronogo has grown 25% since 2020, to 3,204 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Oronogo is 32.8 years.
| Oronogo | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.7% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 32.8 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Oronogo | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 22.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.7% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.4% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,200, single groups can be off by several points
Oronogo faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Since 1978, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oronogo.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Missouri and the rest of the country, a typical July afternoon in Oronogo is hotter
Among 247 Missouri towns, just 3 have a higher July high than Oronogo. Oronogo has chilly winters and warm summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Oronogo is less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Within Missouri it is healthier than 61% of the 247 graded towns: much of Missouri scores lower on these measures. Against the 9,791 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oronogo’s, it is less healthy than 77%, so it trails even them.
Oronogo beats the Missouri average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of adults binge drink in Oronogo.
| Oronogo | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Oronogo | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 20.3% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oronogo’s grade for cost of living is a B+
Oronogo grades A overall with a typical home of about $249K, below the Missouri typical value; only 11 of the 55 Missouri towns graded A− or better can say that.
The typical Oronogo home is worth about $249,000, up 1.9% in a year, 6% below the Missouri typical home.
| Oronogo | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,299 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Oronogo
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oronogo
About 3 of every 100 Oronogo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Oronogo
City in Missouri, United States
Oronogo is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 919 ft
- ZIP code
- 64855
- Area code
- 417
Questions about Oronogo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oronogo, MO a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Oronogo grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #19 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C+ for health, A for safety and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Oronogo, 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+.