Oak Grove is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 7,973 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oak Grove is the 54th largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Oak Grove was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Oak Grove economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Oak Grove, where the median household income is $40,740.00.The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Oak Grove, employing 15.90% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Manufacturing and Retail industries employ 23.09% and 19.69% of the civilian workforce, respectively. Being a small city, Oak Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Oak Grove, just 12.67% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Oak Grove in 2022 was $19,918, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,672 for a family of four. However, Oak Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oak Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oak Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oak Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oak Grove include German, Irish, Italian, English, and European. The most common language spoken in Oak Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
