Highlandville vs Ozark

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

Highlandville 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 1,049 in Highlandville). Ozark has the higher median household income ($69,372 vs $58,438 in Highlandville). Ozark has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $180,400 in Highlandville).

Population, income & housing

	Highlandville	Ozark
Population	1,049	21,953
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$69,372
Median home value	$180,400	$230,600
Median gross rent	$800	$1,003
Housing units	506	8,730
Homeownership rate	76.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlandville	Ozark
Population	936 → 1,049 (+12.1%)	19,767 → 21,953 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $58,438 (+21.4%)	$55,774 → $69,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $180,400 (+45.4%)	$154,000 → $230,600 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $800 (-8.3%)	$836 → $1,003 (+20.0%)

Highlandville

Population

9361,049

Median household income

$48,125$58,438

Median home value

$124,100$180,400

Median gross rent

$872$800

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)

	Highlandville	Ozark
Under 5	8.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	18.5%	7.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlandville	Ozark
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlandville	Ozark
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlandville	Ozark
Drove alone	83.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlandville	Ozark
1-unit, detached	82.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Highlandville	Ozark
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1985	2001