Epps vs Oak Grove

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (1,328 vs 529 in Epps). Epps has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $35,917 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($86,600 vs $74,400 in Epps).

Population, income & housing

	Epps	Oak Grove
Population	529	1,328
Median age	40.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$35,917
Median home value	$74,400	$86,600
Median gross rent	$879	$672
Housing units	174	777
Homeownership rate	79.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epps	Oak Grove
Population	914 → 529 (-42.1%)	1,649 → 1,328 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$22,150 → $51,528 (+132.6%)	$24,474 → $35,917 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $74,400 (+43.9%)	$84,800 → $86,600 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $879 (+21.2%)	$538 → $672 (+24.9%)

Epps

Population

914529

Median household income

$22,150$51,528

Median home value

$51,700$74,400

Median gross rent

$725$879

Oak Grove

Population

1,6491,328

Median household income

$24,474$35,917

Median home value

$84,800$86,600

Median gross rent

$538$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Epps	Oak Grove
Under 5	10.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	22.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	29.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	4.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epps	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	74.5%
Black or African American	34.2%	23.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epps	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	8.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	60.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epps	Oak Grove
Drove alone	83.3%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epps	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	72.4%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Epps	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	9.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	44	20
Median year structure built	1973	1973