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Fair Grove is a small town of 1,717 people in Greene County, Missouri. It's about 15 miles from Springfield, MO and 142 miles from Kansas City, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $214k and rent runs about $927 a month.
1,717people
$214kTypical home
$927/moRent
88° / 43°Summer / winter
8"Snow
244Sunny days
110Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,717
- Part of a metro area
- About 539 people per sq mi
- 142 mi to Kansas City, MO
- 15 mi to Springfield, MO
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $214k (≈$1,351/mo)
- Median rent $927/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (103 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 110 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (502 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,393 per 100k)
People
- Median age 29
- 42% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to SGF airport
- 157 mi to MCI (major hub)
- 101 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,247 ft
- 512 mi to the ocean
- 269 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 134 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 280 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 50 bars within 25 mi
- 93 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 13 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Greene County: R+21 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk