Fairview vs Oak Grove

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

Fairview 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 205 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($56,159 vs $47,886 in Oak Grove). Since 2019, Oak Grove's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Oak Grove
Population	205	7,945
Median age	33.2 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,159	$47,886
Median home value	—	$143,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,208
Housing units	107	3,640
Homeownership rate	54.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	39.8%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Oak Grove
Population	253 → 205 (-19.0%)	7,338 → 7,945 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$86,827 → $56,159 (-35.3%)	$44,013 → $47,886 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $230,100 (+8.3%)	$111,800 → $143,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$926 → $1,208 (+30.5%)

Fairview

Population

253205

Median household income

$86,827$56,159

Median home value

$212,500$230,100

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)

	Fairview	Oak Grove
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.1%
18 to 24	20.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	42.9%	26.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	4.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.2%
75 and over	9.3%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	54.8%
Black or African American	21.0%	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	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Oak Grove
Drove alone	100.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Fairview	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	84.1%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1993	1999