Ash Grove vs Fair Grove

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

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

Fair Grove has the higher population (1,551 vs 1,336 in Ash Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median household income ($71,447 vs $50,078 in Ash Grove). Fair Grove has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $120,900 in Ash Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
Population	1,336	1,551
Median age	38.3 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,078	$71,447
Median home value	$120,900	$189,200
Median gross rent	$661	$909
Housing units	580	571
Homeownership rate	59.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
Population	1,546 → 1,336 (-13.6%)	1,432 → 1,551 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $50,078 (+44.6%)	$57,895 → $71,447 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $120,900 (+10.0%)	$128,700 → $189,200 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $661 (+10.4%)	$685 → $909 (+32.7%)

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

Fair Grove

Population

1,4321,551

Median household income

$57,895$71,447

Median home value

$128,700$189,200

Median gross rent

$685$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
Under 5	9.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	19.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	6.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.4%
75 and over	9.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
Drove alone	76.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
1-unit, detached	83.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ash Grove	Fair Grove
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1962	1992