Bon Air vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Bon Air and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Bon Air and Oak Grove are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Grove has the higher population (905 vs 116 in Bon Air). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($59,191 vs $36,607 in Bon Air). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $79,000 in Bon Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
Population	116	905
Median age	32.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$59,191
Median home value	$79,000	$124,700
Median gross rent	$929	$853
Housing units	53	407
Homeownership rate	68.9%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
Population	87 → 116 (+33.3%)	562 → 905 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $36,607 (+41.7%)	$55,000 → $59,191 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $79,000 (+17.0%)	$96,300 → $124,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $929 (+50.6%)	$733 → $853 (+16.4%)

Bon Air

Population

87116

Median household income

$25,833$36,607

Median home value

$67,500$79,000

Median gross rent

$617$929

Oak Grove

Population

562905

Median household income

$55,000$59,191

Median home value

$96,300$124,700

Median gross rent

$733$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
Under 5	7.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	28.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	24.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.0%
75 and over	5.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	10.3%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	23.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	48.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
Drove alone	100.0%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	52.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	26.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	37	18
Median year structure built	1966	1990