In Oak Grove, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Oak Grove is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Oak Grove rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.70% of adults 25 and older in Oak Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Oak Grove in 2018 was $29,921, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,684 for a family of four. However, Oak Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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. Important ancestries of people in Oak Grove include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Oak Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
