Grovespring, Missouri.
. Lebanon, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$768 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Living in Grovespring, Wright County, Missouri
Grovespring, in Wright County, had 187 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Wright County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Wright County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Grovespring is a very small community in Wright County, Missouri, in the Ozarks, where people tend to know one another and the pace is quiet. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, more than you might expect for a place this size. Winters are cold and summers are hot, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Across Wright County, incomes run below the Missouri average and the job market has been close to flat, with unemployment lower than a year ago. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Among the county's largest workplaces are Hutchens Industries, which makes truck trailers, Walmart, and the Mountain Grove R-III school district.
Things to do. Brush Creek is a river a short drive away, and it is the nearest water to the community. A longer drive brings you to Bennett Spring State Park, a protected area that is a popular stop for visitors to the region. The Gasconade River, also a longer drive off, is the best known of the many Ozark rivers and creeks in the area.
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- 48%of adults have a degree
What people in Wright County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wright County had 4,678 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Grovespring 1NE weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wright County
- Hutchens IndustriesTruck trailer manufacturing325
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters232
- Mountain Grove R-iii SchoolsSchool district231FTE
- Hartville R-II SchoolsSchool district189FTE
- Mansfield R-IV SchoolsSchool district112FTE
- Dura-LinePvc pipe manufacturing109
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seed CompanyLawn supply stores89
- Norwood R-I SchoolsSchool district62FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 834 people in all across the county; Grovespring has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grovespring’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Wright County and the Lebanon, MO metro.
Grovespring home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Grovespring4
Zip codes with a Grovespring address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grovespring — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.