Missouri · Census place 2953624

Oak Grove, Missouri

Oak Grove is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 9,129 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,129
#85 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+11.4%
+932 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,424 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Oak Grove. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Oak Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Oak Grove added 932 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.4%. In the latest year it moved by +216. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Oak Grove is 75% of it.

8,19720208,30320218,47720228,91320239,1292024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,160. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oak Grove covers 6.41 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,424 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Oak Grove is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Oak Grove spans

Oak Grove crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 9,129 residents as follows; Jackson County holds 98.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Jackson County9,013
  2. 02Lafayette County116
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Oak Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oak Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64075. 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 Oak Grove is

The Census internal point of Oak Grove is at 39.007000, -94.128400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 109.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grain Valley, MO (16,859 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.007000, -94.128400
DMS
39°00'25.20"N 94°07'42.24"W
UTM
15N 402298.2E 4318159.0N
Geohash
9yvjfj1b1
Plus code
86F72V4C+RJ

Daylight in Oak Grove

At 39.01° N, Oak Grove gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oak Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Grain Valley, 4.8 miles away, with 16,859 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oak Grove, MO?

9,129 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 932 (11.4%) from 8,197 in July 2020.

What county is Oak Grove in?

It spans 2 counties: Jackson County (9,013 residents), Lafayette County (116 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Oak Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64075.

How far is Oak Grove from Jefferson City?

109.4 miles (176.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Oak Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Oak Grove?

Grain Valley, MO, with 16,859 residents, 4.8 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.