Gravois Mills, Missouri

Performance figures on this page describe the Missouri Ozarks lakes region STR market, which covers Gravois Mills, Rocky Mount, Sunrise Beach and Warsaw, rather than Gravois Mills alone. Gravois Mills is a village of about 129 residents on the Gravois Creek arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in southern Morgan County, and tourism here is regional. The Lake of the Ozarks as a whole reports roughly 5 million or more visitors a year, mostly summer leisure travelers from St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield who come for boating, fishing, water sports and lakeside stays. As of September 2026, the Missouri Ozarks lakes region STR market averaged an ADR of $301 and occupancy of 36.1%, producing average monthly revenue of $3,136. Compared with September 2025, occupancy is up 23.0%, ADR is up 7.3% and revenue is up 21.0%. Entire place rentals averaged $303 ADR and $3,149 in monthly revenue, while houses averaged $3,789 and apartments $2,391. Through the first nine months of 2026 the region averages 41.6% occupancy, a $300 ADR and $3,558 in monthly revenue, ahead of full year 2025 at 38.6%, $270 and $3,094. Occupancy peaked at 45.3% in 2021 and has ranged from 37.9% to 42.0% in full years since 2022. Listing counts, bedroom mix, channel mix and listing type mix are tracked at a shared regional level rather than uniquely for Gravois Mills, so this profile omits them. The market is strongly seasonal, with July occupancy of 68.8% against 22.5% in January, and summer carries most of the annual earnings. Summing the seasonal monthly averages gives annual revenue of $32,003 for a typical listing.