Ash Grove vs Strafford

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

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

Strafford has the higher population (2,609 vs 1,336 in Ash Grove). Strafford has the higher median household income ($60,670 vs $50,078 in Ash Grove). Strafford has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $120,900 in Ash Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Grove	Strafford
Population	1,336	2,609
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,078	$60,670
Median home value	$120,900	$148,100
Median gross rent	$661	$767
Housing units	580	985
Homeownership rate	59.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Grove	Strafford
Population	1,546 → 1,336 (-13.6%)	2,100 → 2,609 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $50,078 (+44.6%)	$45,811 → $60,670 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $120,900 (+10.0%)	$129,600 → $148,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $661 (+10.4%)	$830 → $767 (-7.6%)

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

Strafford

Population

2,1002,609

Median household income

$45,811$60,670

Median home value

$129,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Grove	Strafford
Under 5	9.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	4.3%
75 and over	9.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Grove	Strafford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Grove	Strafford
No high school diploma	9.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Grove	Strafford
Drove alone	76.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Grove	Strafford
1-unit, detached	83.4%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Ash Grove	Strafford
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1962	1993