Lincoln vs Oak Grove

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (7,135 vs 905 in Oak Grove). Lincoln has the higher median household income ($60,793 vs $59,191 in Oak Grove). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $124,700 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
Population	7,135	905
Median age	41.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,793	$59,191
Median home value	$181,900	$124,700
Median gross rent	$911	$853
Housing units	3,315	407
Homeownership rate	91.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
Population	6,681 → 7,135 (+6.8%)	562 → 905 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$64,924 → $60,793 (-6.4%)	$55,000 → $59,191 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $181,900 (+38.9%)	$96,300 → $124,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $911 (+6.4%)	$733 → $853 (+16.4%)

Lincoln

Population

6,6817,135

Median household income

$64,924$60,793

Median home value

$131,000$181,900

Median gross rent

$856$911

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)

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
Under 5	4.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	22.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	69.0%
Black or African American	24.9%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
Drove alone	88.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	67.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	15.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1990	1990