Ash Grove vs Battlefield

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Grove and Battlefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Battlefield has the higher population (6,095 vs 1,336 in Ash Grove). Battlefield has the higher median household income ($87,414 vs $50,078 in Ash Grove). Battlefield has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $120,900 in Ash Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
Population	1,336	6,095
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,078	$87,414
Median home value	$120,900	$207,100
Median gross rent	$661	$931
Housing units	580	2,592
Homeownership rate	59.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
Population	1,546 → 1,336 (-13.6%)	6,240 → 6,095 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $50,078 (+44.6%)	$61,373 → $87,414 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $120,900 (+10.0%)	$157,600 → $207,100 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $661 (+10.4%)	$773 → $931 (+20.4%)

Ash Grove

Population

1,5461,336

Median household income

$34,625$50,078

Median home value

$109,900$120,900

Median gross rent

$599$661

Battlefield

Population

6,2406,095

Median household income

$61,373$87,414

Median home value

$157,600$207,100

Median gross rent

$773$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
Under 5	9.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.8%
75 and over	9.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
Drove alone	76.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
1-unit, detached	83.4%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ash Grove	Battlefield
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1962	2000