Forest vs Oak Grove

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

Forest 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 336 in Forest). Forest has the higher median household income ($45,625 vs $35,917 in Oak Grove). Forest has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $86,600 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Oak Grove
Population	336	1,328
Median age	25.7 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$35,917
Median home value	$95,000	$86,600
Median gross rent	$775	$672
Housing units	114	777
Homeownership rate	65.3%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	20.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Oak Grove
Population	295 → 336 (+13.9%)	1,649 → 1,328 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$27,279 → $45,625 (+67.3%)	$24,474 → $35,917 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $95,000 (+24.5%)	$84,800 → $86,600 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $775 (+21.5%)	$538 → $672 (+24.9%)

Forest

Population

295336

Median household income

$27,279$45,625

Median home value

$76,300$95,000

Median gross rent

$638$775

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)

	Forest	Oak Grove
Under 5	5.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	28.6%	7.8%
18 to 24	14.6%	11.8%
25 to 34	4.2%	5.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	29.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.7%
75 and over	7.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	74.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	23.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	17.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	29.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Oak Grove
Drove alone	88.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	52.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.8%
Average household size	3.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1981	1973