Oak Grove vs Pembroke

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

Oak Grove and Pembroke 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 817 in Pembroke). Pembroke has the higher median household income ($69,196 vs $47,886 in Oak Grove). Pembroke has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $143,500 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
Population	7,945	817
Median age	25.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,886	$69,196
Median home value	$143,500	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,208	$909
Housing units	3,640	401
Homeownership rate	42.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
Population	7,338 → 7,945 (+8.3%)	862 → 817 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$44,013 → $47,886 (+8.8%)	$53,603 → $69,196 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $143,500 (+28.4%)	$137,500 → $190,600 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,208 (+30.5%)	$543 → $909 (+67.4%)

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

Pembroke

Population

862817

Median household income

$53,603$69,196

Median home value

$137,500$190,600

Median gross rent

$543$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
Under 5	10.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	26.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	4.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.3%
75 and over	0.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	70.0%
Black or African American	21.2%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
No high school diploma	7.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
Drove alone	74.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	21.2%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	70.3%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Pembroke
Poverty rate	20.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1999	1985