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2020-2021 Focus on Oak Grove City Guide Page 7 City Statistics & demographics Aerial view of the city of Oak Grove. City Overview Oak Grove offers a balance of city and country life with farms and pastures dotting the landscape while it is only 31 minutes from downtown Kansas City. A prime stop along Interstate 70, Oak Grove is home to three major truck stops. New bridge work and a divergent diamond at Exit 28 were completed at the beginning of 2019. Themedian home value inOakGrove is $193,350. OakGrove home values have gone up 7.5% over the past year according to Zillow. The median list price per square foot in Oak Grove is $143. The median price of homes currently listed in Oak Grove is $235,000. Brief History The first citizen, John McKinney, 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 3200 acres. During the Civil War, the community was a home for guerilla leader Quantrill, andmany of the Oak Grove youth were in his 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 U. S. Census Bureau estimates for 2018: Population estimate: 8,396, a growth rate of 1.29% 96th largest city in Missouri Median Age: 32.3 (31.1 for males; 33.6 for females) Racial demographics: white, 95.15%; two or more races. 2.71%; African American, 1.89% Place of birth: 99.56% native born, 76.99% Missouri born Average individual earning: $35,657 English speaking only: 97.74% Marriage rate: 51.6% Education attained: less than 9th, 2.95%; 9-12, 4.80%; high school graduate, 34.67%; some college, 32.59%; associate degree, 8.92%; bachelor degree, 12.00%; graduate degree, 4.06% Households Median rental costs: $866/month Median house value: $124,400 Rate of home ownership: 63% Average family size: 3.44 Average household size: 2.88 Veterans Number of Veterans: 516 1st Gulf War: 139 2nd Gulf War: 125 Vietnam era: 188 Korean War: 42 World War II: 8 Voters 3,949 active registered voters in Oak Grove Income Mean household income: $65,514 Mean family income: $74,324 Poverty rate: 10.96 percent Climate Annual rainfall: 40.51 inches Annual snowfall: 16.31 inches Taxes Sales tax rate for Oak Grove is 8.6%. Schools The Oak Grove R-VI School District had a total enrollment of 2,036 for the 2019-2020 school year. According to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Edu- cation, the total assessed valuation for the district is $160,066,973. The tax levy is 5.0367. Geography The primary coordinate point for Oak Grove is located at lati- tude 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 Central time zone (GMT -6). The elevation is 879 feet. 130 S. Second St. • Odessa, MO (816) 230-5550