Oak Grove vs Pioneer

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

Oak Grove and Pioneer 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 522 in Pioneer). Pioneer has the higher median household income ($80,526 vs $35,917 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($86,600 vs $49,100 in Pioneer).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
Population	1,328	522
Median age	49.7 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,917	$80,526
Median home value	$86,600	$49,100
Median gross rent	$672	$842
Housing units	777	137
Homeownership rate	61.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
Population	1,649 → 1,328 (-19.5%)	181 → 522 (+188.4%)
Median household income	$24,474 → $35,917 (+46.8%)	$43,125 → $80,526 (+86.7%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $86,600 (+2.1%)	$77,500 → $49,100 (-36.6%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $672 (+24.9%)	$583 → $842 (+44.4%)

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

Pioneer

Population

181522

Median household income

$43,125$80,526

Median home value

$77,500$49,100

Median gross rent

$583$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
Under 5	2.3%	19.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	22.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	36.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	29.4%	3.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	2.3%
75 and over	11.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	23.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
No high school diploma	18.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
Drove alone	89.6%	98.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
1-unit, detached	74.4%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	65.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Pioneer
Poverty rate	15.8%	0.6%
Average household size	2.11	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1973	1989