Missouri · Census place 2950402

Mountain Grove, Missouri

Mountain Grove is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 4,690 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 147th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,690
#147 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+8.6%
+372 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,170 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Mountain Grove. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Mountain Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Mountain Grove added 372 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +58.

4,31820204,42220214,53420224,63220234,6902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,311. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mountain Grove covers 4.01 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,170 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Mountain Grove is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Mountain Grove spans

Mountain Grove crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,690 residents as follows; Wright County holds 96.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Wright County4,526
  2. 02Texas County164
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Mountain Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mountain Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65711. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mountain Grove is

The Census internal point of Mountain Grove is at 37.134200, -92.266300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 100.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Plains, MO (12,704 people), 35.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 56.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.134200, -92.266300
DMS
37°08'3.12"N 92°15'58.68"W
UTM
15N 565167.3E 4110011.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86994PMM+MF

Daylight in Mountain Grove

At 37.13° N, Mountain Grove gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mountain Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Cabool, 9.0 miles away, with 2,059 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mountain Grove, MO?

4,690 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 372 (8.6%) from 4,318 in July 2020.

What county is Mountain Grove in?

It spans 2 counties: Wright County (4,526 residents), Texas County (164 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Mountain Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65711.

How far is Mountain Grove from Jefferson City?

100.0 miles (160.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from Mountain Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Mountain Grove?

West Plains, MO, with 12,704 residents, 35.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.