Childersburg vs Oak Grove

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

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

Childersburg has the higher population (4,694 vs 905 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($59,191 vs $49,178 in Childersburg). Childersburg has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $124,700 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
Population	4,694	905
Median age	38.4 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$59,191
Median home value	$131,300	$124,700
Median gross rent	$795	$853
Housing units	2,110	407
Homeownership rate	65.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	562 → 905 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$55,000 → $59,191 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$96,300 → $124,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	$733 → $853 (+16.4%)

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

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)

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	24.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	15.0%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	40.8%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	18.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
Drove alone	82.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	72.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1972	1990