Greenwood vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (8,477 vs 6,000 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($104,638 vs $73,237 in Oak Grove). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($263,300 vs $190,800 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
Population	6,000	8,477
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,638	$73,237
Median home value	$263,300	$190,800
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,007
Housing units	2,193	3,215
Homeownership rate	90.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
Population	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)	8,217 → 8,477 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)	$64,398 → $73,237 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)	$134,700 → $190,800 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)	$863 → $1,007 (+16.7%)

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

Oak Grove

Population

8,2178,477

Median household income

$64,398$73,237

Median home value

$134,700$190,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
Under 5	7.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	2.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	3.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
Drove alone	71.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.1%	7.9%
Other means	10.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	99.0%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	2.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1995	1984