Hartville vs Mountain Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Hartville and Mountain Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Grove has the higher population (4,494 vs 616 in Hartville). Mountain Grove has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $28,125 in Hartville). Hartville has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $89,300 in Mountain Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
Population	616	4,494
Median age	58.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$41,875
Median home value	$106,300	$89,300
Median gross rent	$385	$548
Housing units	305	2,321
Homeownership rate	46.6%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
Population	547 → 616 (+12.6%)	4,683 → 4,494 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$22,000 → $28,125 (+27.8%)	$26,717 → $41,875 (+56.7%)
Median home value	$39,000 → $106,300 (+172.6%)	$74,900 → $89,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $385 (-23.0%)	$577 → $548 (-5.0%)

Hartville

Population

547616

Median household income

$22,000$28,125

Median home value

$39,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$500$385

Mountain Grove

Population

4,6834,494

Median household income

$26,717$41,875

Median home value

$74,900$89,300

Median gross rent

$577$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	25.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.6%
75 and over	11.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
No high school diploma	35.2%	16.7%
High school graduate	42.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
Drove alone	78.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
1-unit, detached	58.0%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	35.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartville	Mountain Grove
Poverty rate	33.2%	18.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1969	1974