Oak Grove is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 8,492 people and three associated neighborhoods, Oak Grove is the 100th largest community in Missouri.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oak Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oak Grove is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Grove who work in sales jobs (12.08%), office and administrative support (8.31%), and management occupations (7.59%). Also of interest is that Oak Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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.
