Munford vs Oak Grove

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

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

Munford has the higher population (1,694 vs 905 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($59,191 vs $39,125 in Munford). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $77,300 in Munford).

Population, income & housing

	Munford	Oak Grove
Population	1,694	905
Median age	43.4 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,125	$59,191
Median home value	$77,300	$124,700
Median gross rent	$758	$853
Housing units	763	407
Homeownership rate	89.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Munford	Oak Grove
Population	1,410 → 1,694 (+20.1%)	562 → 905 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$31,905 → $39,125 (+22.6%)	$55,000 → $59,191 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $77,300 (-2.8%)	$96,300 → $124,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $758 (+34.2%)	$733 → $853 (+16.4%)

Munford

Population

1,4101,694

Median household income

$31,905$39,125

Median home value

$79,500$77,300

Median gross rent

$565$758

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)

	Munford	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	20.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.0%
75 and over	7.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Munford	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	11.3%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Munford	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	14.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Munford	Oak Grove
Drove alone	72.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Munford	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	49.4%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Munford	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	34.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1990	1990