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2017-2018 Focus on Oak Grove City Guide
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City
Statistics & demographics
Aerial view of the city of Oak Grove.
City Overview
Perfectly situated between
rural Missouri and the Kansas
City metropolitan area, Oak
Grove offers the best of both
worlds. A prime stop along
Interstate 70, Oak Grove is
home to two major truck stops,
and will see the construction of a
Divergent Diamond Interchange
beginning spring 2018 and end-
ing fall of 2018. With 55 per-
cent of homes valued between
$100,000-$149,999, it exceeds
that of Eastern Jackson County
and the Kansas City metropoli-
tan area.
Brief History
The first citizen John McKin-
ney arrived in the early 1800s as
he followed the Shawnee trace,
and established the settlement
first known as Lickskillet. A
Post Office was established in
July 25, 1840 and the town was
named Oak Grove. The town
was incorporated in 1881 and
consisted of 40 acres with a
population of 280. Today the
town includes 3,200 acres.
During the Civil War the com-
munity was a home for guerilla
leader Quantrill and many of
the Oak Grove youth were in his
Per capita income: $22,492
Average income growth
2001-2010: 24.7%
Households
Households: 2,894
Average household size: 2.75
Household growth 2000-
2010: 39.2%
Taxes
Sales tax rate for Oak Grove
is 8.6%.
Schools
The Oak Grove R-VI School
District had a total enroll-
ment of 1,984 for the school
year ending in 2016. The total
assessed valuation for the dis-
trict is $125,304,536. The cur-
rent expenditure per average
daily attendance is $8,388.42
compared to the Missouri aver-
age of $10,436.63.
At the primary level there
are 13 students per teacher
and 432 students per admin-
istrator. At the elementary
level there are 14 students per
teacher and 430 students per
administrator. At the middle
school level there are 14 stu-
dents per teacher and 237 stu-
dents per administrator. At the
high school level there are 15
students per teacher and 325
students per administrator.
In 2016 at the primary
level the average regular term
teacher salary was $43,436;
the average administrator sal-
ary was $88,501; the average
years of experience was 12.3
and the percentage of teach-
ers with a masters degree or
higher was 41.9.
In 2016 at the elementary
level the average regular term
teacher salary was $43.477;
the average administrator sal-
ary was $94, 463; the average
years of experience was 11.2;
and the percentage of teachers
with masters degree or higher
was 66.7.
In 2016 at the middle school
level the average regular term
teacher salary was $47,225; the
average administrator salary
was $85, 799; the average years
experience was 14.4; and the
percentage of teachers with
masters degree or higher was
58.5.
In 2016 at the high school
level the average regular term
teacher salary was $43,071; the
average administrator salary
was $90,899; and the percent-
age of teachers with masters
degree or higher was 41.3.
Housing Units
Occupied units: 2,894
Occupied units: 93.3%
Vacant housing units: 6.6%
Owner occupied housing
growth 2000-2010: 23.6%
Race and ethnicity of popula-
tion
American Indian or Alaska
native: .6%
Asian: .7%
Black: 1.1%
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander:
.1%
Multirace: 1.9%
Other race population: .7%
White: 94.5%
Hispanic: 3.5%
Non Hispanic: 96.4%
Geography
The primary coordinate point
for Oak Grove is located at
latitude 39.007 and longitude -
94.1284 in Jackson County.
The formal boundaries for the
City of Oak Grove encompass a
land area of 6.17 sq. miles and
a water area of 0.02 sq. miles.
Jackson County is in the Cen-
tral time zone (GMT -6). The
elevation is 879 feet.
gang. Order No. 11 of General
Ewing effectively resulted in
the burning of hideouts of rebel
leaders. Citizens fled homes
and wagons and horses were
confiscated. Thomas Vermilion, a
Confederate soldier, was the first
mayor.
The C&A Railroad arrived
in the 1870s; the depot was not
torn down until the 1960s
People
According to Gale Cengage
Learning the 2015 estimated
population: 8,052, females 51.5%
of population, males 48.4%.
Median Age: 34
Employed civilian population
16+: 3,529
White collar: 54.3%
Blue collar: 45.6%
Total employees: 1,459
Population growth 2000-2010:
37.4%
Voting
4,158 active registered voters
in Oak Grove
Income
Average household income:
$62,239
Median household income:
$48,719