Oak Grove Heights vs Paragould

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

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

Paragould has the higher population (29,940 vs 1,271 in Oak Grove Heights). Oak Grove Heights has the higher median household income ($83,578 vs $56,181 in Paragould). Paragould has the higher median home value ($175,400 vs $171,000 in Oak Grove Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
Population	1,271	29,940
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,578	$56,181
Median home value	$171,000	$175,400
Median gross rent	$829	$883
Housing units	463	12,485
Homeownership rate	83.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
Population	1,165 → 1,271 (+9.1%)	28,568 → 29,940 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$63,542 → $83,578 (+31.5%)	$45,841 → $56,181 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $171,000 (+59.4%)	$129,100 → $175,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $829 (+19.1%)	$716 → $883 (+23.3%)

Oak Grove Heights

Population

1,1651,271

Median household income

$63,542$83,578

Median home value

$107,300$171,000

Median gross rent

$696$829

Paragould

Population

28,56829,940

Median household income

$45,841$56,181

Median home value

$129,100$175,400

Median gross rent

$716$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	41.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
Drove alone	89.9%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
1-unit, detached	81.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove Heights	Paragould
Poverty rate	9.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1998	1990