Hopkinsville vs Oak Grove

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

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

Hopkinsville has the higher population (31,011 vs 7,945 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($47,886 vs $47,428 in Hopkinsville). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $140,200 in Hopkinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
Population	31,011	7,945
Median age	35.1 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,428	$47,886
Median home value	$140,200	$143,500
Median gross rent	$869	$1,208
Housing units	14,290	3,640
Homeownership rate	50.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
Population	31,056 → 31,011 (-0.1%)	7,338 → 7,945 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$41,597 → $47,428 (+14.0%)	$44,013 → $47,886 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $140,200 (+20.2%)	$111,800 → $143,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $869 (+19.9%)	$926 → $1,208 (+30.5%)

Hopkinsville

Population

31,05631,011

Median household income

$41,597$47,428

Median home value

$116,600$140,200

Median gross rent

$725$869

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)

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
Under 5	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	26.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	26.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.2%
75 and over	8.0%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	54.8%
Black or African American	27.4%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	13.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
Drove alone	85.5%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	69.4%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Hopkinsville	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	20.1%	20.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1975	1999