Crofton vs Oak Grove

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (7,945 vs 690 in Crofton). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($47,886 vs $43,889 in Crofton). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $81,300 in Crofton).

Population, income & housing

	Crofton	Oak Grove
Population	690	7,945
Median age	42.7 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,889	$47,886
Median home value	$81,300	$143,500
Median gross rent	$748	$1,208
Housing units	348	3,640
Homeownership rate	59.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crofton	Oak Grove
Population	450 → 690 (+53.3%)	7,338 → 7,945 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$37,250 → $43,889 (+17.8%)	$44,013 → $47,886 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $81,300 (+43.1%)	$111,800 → $143,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $748 (+42.2%)	$926 → $1,208 (+30.5%)

Crofton

Population

450690

Median household income

$37,250$43,889

Median home value

$56,800$81,300

Median gross rent

$526$748

Oak Grove

Population

7,3387,945

Median household income

$44,013$47,886

Median home value

$111,800$143,500

Median gross rent

$926$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crofton	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	26.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	4.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.2%
75 and over	3.8%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crofton	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	54.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crofton	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	47.3%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crofton	Oak Grove
Drove alone	84.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crofton	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	65.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Crofton	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	30.6%	20.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1976	1999