Oregon County vs Ozark County

A side-by-side comparison of Oregon County and Ozark County: population, income, housing, and more.

Oregon County and Ozark County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ozark County has the higher population (8,773 vs 8,704 in Oregon County). Oregon County has the higher median household income ($44,259 vs $42,329 in Ozark County). Ozark County has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $117,700 in Oregon County).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon County	Ozark County
Population	8,704	8,773
Median age	44.6 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,259	$42,329
Median home value	$117,700	$156,400
Median gross rent	$735	$626
Housing units	4,332	5,046
Homeownership rate	76.7%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon County	Ozark County
Population	10,647 → 8,704 (-18.2%)	9,207 → 8,773 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$33,601 → $44,259 (+31.7%)	$31,947 → $42,329 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $117,700 (+25.7%)	$97,600 → $156,400 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $735 (+35.9%)	$660 → $626 (-5.2%)

Oregon County

Population

10,6478,704

Median household income

$33,601$44,259

Median home value

$93,600$117,700

Median gross rent

$541$735

Ozark County

Population

9,2078,773

Median household income

$31,947$42,329

Median home value

$97,600$156,400

Median gross rent

$660$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oregon County	Ozark County
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	17.3%
75 and over	9.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon County	Ozark County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon County	Ozark County
No high school diploma	13.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	46.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon County	Ozark County
Drove alone	76.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon County	Ozark County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Oregon County	Ozark County
Poverty rate	21.9%	21.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979