About Oak Grove

Oak Grove is a somewhat small town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 12,571 people and just one neighborhood, Oak Grove is the 40th largest community in Oregon.

Oak Grove is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Oak Grove is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Grove who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.82%), sales jobs (11.99%), and management occupations (7.73%).

In addition, Oak Grove is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

As is often the case in a small town, Oak Grove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Oak Grove Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Oak Grove is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.01% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Oak Grove in 2000 was $22,643, which is wealthy relative to Oregon, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,572 for a family of four.

The people who call Oak Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Oak Grove is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Oak Grove include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, Swedish, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Oak Grove is English. Some people also speak Spanish.