Missouri · Census place 02188
Ash Grove, MO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ash Grove, Missouri (Ash Grove, MO — Census place “Ash Grove city”) is 1,336 residents, ranking #330 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $50,078, the median home is worth $120,900 and median gross rent runs $661 a month. Looking for the Ash Grove Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ash Grove, MO: 65604.
- Population
- 1,336Ash Grove city residents
- Median household income
- $50,078Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $120,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $661Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 59.5%Owner-occupied households
Ash Grove ZIP codes (Missouri)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ash Grove.
The Ash Grove MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Ash Grove city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ash Grove city median would spend about 15.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 59.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ash Grove city, MO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ash Grove city is a small town in Missouri, with 1,336 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #330 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Ash Grove city earn a median of $50,078 a year, 36.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ash Grove city is valued at $120,900, 60.2% below the national figure and 21% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $661 a month, 53% below the national figure, or roughly $7,932 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 59.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Missouri.
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- Paris city 1,326
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ash Grove city?
- Ash Grove city has 1,336 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #330 of 1,082 in Missouri.
- What is the median household income in Ash Grove city?
- Median household income in Ash Grove city is $50,078 a year, 36.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ash Grove city?
- Median gross rent is $661 a month and the median home value is $120,900, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
- Is Ash Grove city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ash Grove city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ash Grove city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.