LaFayette vs Oak Grove

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

LaFayette 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 176 in LaFayette). LaFayette has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $47,886 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $108,300 in LaFayette).

Population, income & housing

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
Population	176	7,945
Median age	40.5 yrs	25.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$47,886
Median home value	$108,300	$143,500
Median gross rent	$950	$1,208
Housing units	96	3,640
Homeownership rate	81.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
Population	135 → 176 (+30.4%)	7,338 → 7,945 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $50,833 (+56.4%)	$44,013 → $47,886 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $108,300 (+33.2%)	$111,800 → $143,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)	$926 → $1,208 (+30.5%)

LaFayette

Population

135176

Median household income

$32,500$50,833

Median home value

$81,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$775$950

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)

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
Under 5	3.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	26.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	4.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.2%
75 and over	6.3%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	54.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	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	2.8%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
Drove alone	84.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	92.7%	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	7.3%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	LaFayette	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	7.4%	20.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1970	1999