What is the population of Ozark city?

Ozark city has 21,953 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Ozark city?

Median household income in Ozark city is $69,372 a year, 11.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ozark city?

Median gross rent is $1,003 a month and the median home value is $230,600, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

Is Ozark city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ozark city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ozark, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ozark, Missouri (Ozark, MO — Census place “Ozark city”) is 21,953 residents, ranking #34 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $69,372, the median home is worth $230,600 and median gross rent runs $1,003 a month. Looking for the Ozark Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ozark, MO: 65721.

Population: 21,953Ozark city residents
Median household income: $69,372Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $230,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,003Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.2%Owner-occupied households

Ozark ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ozark.

The Ozark MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

65721

What the numbers mean in Ozark city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ozark city median would spend about 17.3% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 66.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ozark city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ozark city is a mid-size town in Missouri, with 21,953 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #34 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 33.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ozark city earn a median of $69,372 a year, 11.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ozark city is valued at $230,600, 24% below the national figure and 51% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,003 a month, 28.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% 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 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ozark city?: Ozark city has 21,953 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Ozark city?: Median household income in Ozark city is $69,372 a year, 11.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ozark city?: Median gross rent is $1,003 a month and the median home value is $230,600, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Ozark city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ozark city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ozark city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.