Mountain Grove vs Norwood

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

Mountain Grove and Norwood 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 832 in Norwood). Mountain Grove has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $37,375 in Norwood). Mountain Grove has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $78,600 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
Population	4,494	832
Median age	42.5 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$37,375
Median home value	$89,300	$78,600
Median gross rent	$548	$607
Housing units	2,321	268
Homeownership rate	75.2%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
Population	4,683 → 4,494 (-4.0%)	765 → 832 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$26,717 → $41,875 (+56.7%)	$34,844 → $37,375 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $89,300 (+19.2%)	$79,400 → $78,600 (-1.0%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $548 (-5.0%)	$576 → $607 (+5.4%)

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

Norwood

Population

765832

Median household income

$34,844$37,375

Median home value

$79,400$78,600

Median gross rent

$576$607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
Under 5	7.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	36.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.5%
75 and over	14.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
No high school diploma	16.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
Drove alone	79.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
1-unit, detached	85.4%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Grove	Norwood
Poverty rate	18.1%	33.2%
Average household size	2.40	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1974	1977