One downside of living in Oak Grove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oak Grove, the average commute to work is 30.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Oak Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Oak Grove with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.70% of adults in Oak Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oak Grove in 2022 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.
