Clever vs Ozark

A side-by-side comparison of Clever and Ozark: population, income, housing, and more.

Clever and Ozark are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ozark has the higher population (21,953 vs 2,977 in Clever). Clever has the higher median household income ($77,403 vs $69,372 in Ozark). Ozark has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $179,400 in Clever).

Population, income & housing

	Clever	Ozark
Population	2,977	21,953
Median age	31.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,403	$69,372
Median home value	$179,400	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,118	$1,003
Housing units	1,184	8,730
Homeownership rate	71.6%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clever	Ozark
Population	2,667 → 2,977 (+11.6%)	19,767 → 21,953 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $77,403 (+55.5%)	$55,774 → $69,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $179,400 (+62.2%)	$154,000 → $230,600 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)	$836 → $1,003 (+20.0%)

Clever

Population

2,6672,977

Median household income

$49,766$77,403

Median home value

$110,600$179,400

Median gross rent

$923$1,118

Ozark

Population

19,76721,953

Median household income

$55,774$69,372

Median home value

$154,000$230,600

Median gross rent

$836$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clever	Ozark
Under 5	8.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	19.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	3.9%	7.8%
75 and over	4.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clever	Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clever	Ozark
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clever	Ozark
Drove alone	88.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clever	Ozark
1-unit, detached	86.9%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Clever	Ozark
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2004	2001