Ash Grove vs Republic

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

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

Republic has the higher population (19,233 vs 1,336 in Ash Grove). Republic has the higher median household income ($64,364 vs $50,078 in Ash Grove). Republic has the higher median home value ($190,300 vs $120,900 in Ash Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Grove	Republic
Population	1,336	19,233
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,078	$64,364
Median home value	$120,900	$190,300
Median gross rent	$661	$1,068
Housing units	580	8,174
Homeownership rate	59.5%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Grove	Republic
Population	1,546 → 1,336 (-13.6%)	16,247 → 19,233 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $50,078 (+44.6%)	$55,964 → $64,364 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $120,900 (+10.0%)	$131,000 → $190,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $661 (+10.4%)	$853 → $1,068 (+25.2%)

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

Republic

Population

16,24719,233

Median household income

$55,964$64,364

Median home value

$131,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$853$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Grove	Republic
Under 5	9.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.6%
75 and over	9.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Grove	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Grove	Republic
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Grove	Republic
Drove alone	76.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Grove	Republic
1-unit, detached	83.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Ash Grove	Republic
Poverty rate	9.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1962	1996