2022-2023 Focus on Oak Grove City Guide Page 6 CityStatistics & 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. The median rental costs in recent years comes to $863 per month, with renters occupying 34 percent of the housing units in Oak Grove. Since the beginning of 2022, the average listing price is $320,394.00, and average sales price is $321,339.00 with an average of 39 days on the market. Previously owned homes are on the market for an average of 25 days, with median days on the market at 3. 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 Based on the projections of the U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2022: Population estimate: 8,157 Oak Grove has grown at a rate of 48.2 percent since 2000. 105th largest city in Missouri Average household income: $75,421 Unemployment rate: 2.9 % Median Age: 33.8 (32 for males; 35.3 for females) Racial demographics: white, 96.6%; two or more races. 1.9%; African American, 1.0% Rate of home ownership: 66 % Marriage rate: 53.5% Education Attained: Less than 9th: 2.54%, 9-12th: 5.65%, high school graduate: 33.9%, some college: 29.5%, associate degree, 9.82%, bachelor degree, 13.02%, graduate degree: 5.57% Households Rate of home ownership: 66% Average family size: 2.77 Average household size: 3 Veterans Number of Veterans: 545 1st Gulf War: 140 2nd Gulf War: 128 Vietnam era: 226 Korean War: 40 World War II: 7 Voters 4,575 registered voters in Oak Grove Income Average earnings: $40,147 Average male earnings: $50, 902 Average female earnings: $28,849 Climate Average annual rainfall: 43 inches Average annual snowfall: 12 inches Sunny days per year: 216 Taxes Sales tax rate for Oak Grove is 8.6%. Schools The Oak Grove R-VI School District has a total enrollment of 1,977 for the 2022-2023 school year. The total assessed valuation for the district is $174,917,105. The tax levy is $5.1534.
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